What “Sistren” means
Sistren is the female counterpart to bredrin: a close female friend, as close as a sister. It can mean one friend or your circle of trusted women.
Examples
Dat a mi sistren
She's my close friend
Big up all mi sistren dem!
Shout-out to all my girls!
How to use it
Used between women and about women in a warm, respectful way. It's friendly and informal.
Cultural context
The word was taken as the name of the Sistren Theatre Collective, a Jamaican women's theatre group founded in Kingston in the late 1970s.