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Brother

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Noun

1. blood brother, brother

a male with the same parents as someone else

Example Sentences:
'my brother still lives with our parents'

2. brother

a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group)

Example Sentences:
'none of his brothers would betray him'

3. brother, buddy, chum, crony, pal, sidekick

a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

4. brother, comrade

used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement

Example Sentences:
'Greetings, comrade!'

5. brother

(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address

Example Sentences:
'a Benedictine Brother'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Brother

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nounWord forms: plural brothers or in archaic except when referring to fellow members of a religion, sect, society, etc brethren
1. 
a male person having the same parents as another person
2.  short for half-brother, stepbrother
3. 
a. 
a male person belonging to the same group, profession, nationality, trade union, etc, as another or others; fellow member
b. 
(as modifier)
brother workers
4. 
comrade; friend: used as a form of address
5. Christianity
a. 
a member of a male religious order who undertakes work for the order without actually being in holy orders
b. 
a lay member of a male religious order
▶ Related adjective: fraternal
exclamation
6. slang
an exclamation of amazement, disgust, surprise, disappointment, etc

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Brother

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nounWord forms: plural ˈbrothers or ˈbrethren
1. 
a man or boy as he is related to the other children of his parents
sometimes also used of animals
2. 
a man or boy related to one by having a parent in common; half brother
3. 
a stepbrother
4. 
a foster brother
5. 
a close male friend who is like a brother
6. 
a fellow human being
7. 
a male fellow member of the same race, church, profession, organization, etc.
fraternity brother, soul brother
8.  [often B-]
a lay member of a men's religious order
9.  Informal
any man
often used as a familiar term of address
interjection
10.  Slang
used to provide emphasis, often at the beginning of one's remarks

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Brother

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n. pl. broth·ers
1. A male having the same parents as another or one parent in common with another.
2. pl. also breth·ren (brĕthrən) One who shares a common ancestry, allegiance, character, or purpose with another or others, especially:
a. A kinsman.
b. A fellow man.
c. A fellow member, as of a fraternity, trade union, or panel of judges on a court.
d. A close male friend; a comrade.
e. A fellow African-American man or boy.
3. pl. also brethren Something, such as a corporation or institution, that is regarded as a member of a class: "A station that ... relies on corporate contributions or advertising to survive runs the risk of becoming virtually indistinguishable from its commercial brethren" (W. John Moore).
4.
a. Abbr. Br. or Bro. A lay member of a religious order of men.
b. pl. also brethren A fellow member of the Christian church.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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