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Brother

Brother Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Brother? [n] a male with the same parents as someone else; "my brother still lives with our parents" [n] (Roman Catholic) a title given to a monk and used as form of address; "a Benedictine Brother" [n] a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion of other group); "none of his brothers would betray him" [n] used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement; "Greetings, comrade!" [n] a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities Synonyms \| Synonyms for Brother: blood brother \| buddy \| chum \| comrade \| crony \| pal \| sidekick Related Terms \| Find terms related to Brother: abbacomes \| abbot \| acquaintance \| adjunct \| advocate \| affiliate \| ally \| alter ego \| analogon \| analogue \| ascetic \| associate \| aunt \| auntie \| backer \| beadsman \| bedfellow \| belonger \| best friend \| blood brother \| bosom friend \| brethren \| brother-in-arms \| bub \| bubba \| bud \| buddy \| caloyer \| card-carrier \| card-carrying member \| cardholder \| casual acquaintance \| catechumen \| celibate \| cenobite \| charter member \| chum \| church member \| churchman \| churchwoman \| close acquaintance \| close copy \| close friend \| close match \| clubber \| clubman \| clubwoman \| coadjutor \| cognate \| cohort \| colleague \| committeeman \| communicant \| companion \| compatriot \| compeer \| complement \| comrade \| confederate \| confidant \| confidante \| confrere \| congenator \| congener \| consociate \| consort \| conventioneer \| conventioner \| conventionist \| conventual \| conventual prior \| coordinate \| correlate \| correlative \| correspondent \| counterpart \| country cousin \| cousin \| cousin once removed \| cousin twice removed \| crony \| daughter \| dues-paying member \| enlistee \| enrollee \| equivalent \| familiar \| father \| favorer \| fellow \| fellow creature \| fellow member \| fellowman \| first cousin \| foster brother \| frater \| fraternity man \| friar \| friend \| grand prior \| grandnephew \| grandniece \| granduncle \| great-aunt \| great-uncle \| Greek \| guildsman \| half brother \| hermit \| hieromonach \| honorary member \| image \| initiate \| inseparable friend \| insider \| intimate \| joiner \| kid brother \| kin \| kindred spirit \| kinsman \| laic \| lay abbot \| lay brother \| lay sister \| layman \| laywoman \| life member \| like \| likeness \| lover \| mate \| member \| mendicant \| monastic \| monk \| mother \| near duplicate \| neighbor \| nephew \| niece \| nuncle \| nunks \| nunky \| obverse \| one of us \| other self \| pal \| palmer \| parallel \| parishioner \| partisan \| pendant \| pickup \| picture \| pilgrim \| pillar saint \| pillarist \| pledge \| prior \| reciprocal \| relation \| relative \| religieux \| religious \| repository \| second cousin \| second self \| secular \| sibling \| similitude \| simulacrum \| sis \| sissy \| sister \| sister-german \| sistern \| socius \| son \| sorority girl \| sorority woman \| soul mate \| stepbrother \| stepsister \| stylite \| such \| suchlike \| supporter \| sympathizer \| tally \| the like of \| the likes of \| twin \| unc \| uncle \| uncs \| uterine brother \| well-wisher See Also \| big brother \| brotherhood \| cobber \| fraternity \| Freemason \| friend \| half-brother \| little brother \| male sibling \| Mason \| member \| monastic \| monk \| sodality \| stepbrother Brother In Webster's Dictionary \Broth"er\ (br[u^][th]"[~e]r), n.; pl. {Brothers} (br[u^][th]"[~e]rz) or {Brethren} (br[e^][th]"r[e^]n). See {Brethren}. [OE. brother, AS. br[=o][eth]or; akin to OS. brothar, D. broeder, OHG. pruodar, G. bruder, Icel. br[=o][eth]ir, Sw. & Dan. broder, Goth. br[=o][thorn]ar, Ir. brathair, W. brawd, pl. brodyr, Lith. brolis, Lett. brahlis, Russ. brat', Pol. & Serv. brat, OSlav. bratr[u^], L. frater, Skr. bhr[=a]t[.r], Zend bratar brother, Gr. fra`thr, fra`twr, a clansman. The common plural is {Brothers}; in the solemn style, {Brethren}, OE. pl. brether, bretheren, AS. dat. sing. br[=e][eth]er, nom. pl. br[=o][eth]or, br[=o][eth]ru. [root]258. Cf. {Friar}, {Fraternal}.] 1. A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a half brother, or brother of the half blood. Two of us in the churchyard lie, My sister and my brother. --Wordsworth. 2. One related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil, suffering, etc.; -- used among judges, clergymen, monks, physicians, lawyers, professors of religion, etc. ``A brother of your order.'' --Shak. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother. --Shak. 3. One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character. He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. --Prov. xviii. 9. That April morn Of this the very brother. --Wordsworth. Note: In Scripture, the term brother is applied to a kinsman by blood more remote than a son of the same parents, as in the case of Abraham and Lot, Jacob and Laban. In a more general sense, brother or brethren is used for fellow-man or fellow-men. For of whom such massacre Make they but of their brethren, men of men? --Milton. {Brother Jonathan}, a humorous designation for the people of the United States collectively. The phrase is said to have originated from Washington's referring to the patriotic Jonathan Trumbull, governor of Connecticut, as ``Brother Jonathan.'' {Blood brother}. See under {Blood}. \Broth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brothered}.] To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood. --Sir W. Scott.

Brother Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Brother?

[n] a male with the same parents as someone else; "my brother still lives with our parents"
[n] (Roman Catholic) a title given to a monk and used as form of address; "a Benedictine Brother"
[n] a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion of other group); "none of his brothers would betray him"
[n] used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement; "Greetings, comrade!"
[n] a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

Brother In Webster's Dictionary

\Broth"er\ (br[u^][th]"[~e]r), n.; pl. {Brothers}
(br[u^][th]"[~e]rz) or {Brethren} (br[e^][th]"r[e^]n). See
{Brethren}. [OE. brother, AS. br[=o][eth]or; akin to OS.
brothar, D. broeder, OHG. pruodar, G. bruder, Icel.
br[=o][eth]ir, Sw. & Dan. broder, Goth. br[=o][thorn]ar, Ir.
brathair, W. brawd, pl. brodyr, Lith. brolis, Lett. brahlis,
Russ. brat', Pol. & Serv. brat, OSlav. bratr[u^], L. frater,
Skr. bhr[=a]t[.r], Zend bratar brother, Gr. fra`thr, fra`twr,
a clansman. The common plural is {Brothers}; in the solemn
style, {Brethren}, OE. pl. brether, bretheren, AS. dat. sing.
br[=e][eth]er, nom. pl. br[=o][eth]or, br[=o][eth]ru.
[root]258. Cf. {Friar}, {Fraternal}.]
1. A male person who has the same father and mother with
   another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter
   case he is more definitely called a half brother, or
   brother of the half blood.

         Two of us in the churchyard lie, My sister and my
         brother.                              --Wordsworth.

2. One related or closely united to another by some common
   tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a
   society, toil, suffering, etc.; -- used among judges,
   clergymen, monks, physicians, lawyers, professors of
   religion, etc. ``A brother of your order.'' --Shak.

         We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, For he
         to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my
         brother.                              --Shak.

3. One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive
   qualities or traits of character.

         He also that is slothful in his work is brother to
         him that is a great waster.           --Prov. xviii.
                                               9.

         That April morn Of this the very brother.
                                               --Wordsworth.

Note: In Scripture, the term brother is applied to a kinsman
      by blood more remote than a son of the same parents, as
      in the case of Abraham and Lot, Jacob and Laban. In a
      more general sense, brother or brethren is used for
      fellow-man or fellow-men.

            For of whom such massacre Make they but of their
            brethren, men of men?              --Milton.

{Brother Jonathan}, a humorous designation for the people of
   the United States collectively. The phrase is said to have
   originated from Washington's referring to the patriotic
   Jonathan Trumbull, governor of Connecticut, as ``Brother
   Jonathan.''

{Blood brother}. See under {Blood}.


\Broth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brothered}.]
To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit
to a brotherhood. --Sir W. Scott.

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