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Seven Sisters

Syllabification: (Sev·en Sis·ters)
Definition of Seven Sisters
(the Seven Sisters)
  • 1 Astronomy the star cluster of the Pleiades.
  • 2a group of women’s (or formerly women’s) colleges in the eastern US having high academic and social prestige. It includes Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar, and Wellesley.

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