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   brother

   /ˈbrʌðə/

   noun

   • 1. a man or boy in relation to other sons and daughters of his parents: "he recognized her from her strong resemblance to her brother" Similar male siblinginformal:brobruvverbruv
   • ▪ a male associate or fellow member of an organization: "the time is coming, brothers, for us to act" Similar colleagueassociatecompanionpartnercomradecomrade-in-armsco-workerfellowfriendconfrèreinformal:palchummatebruvverbruvbroarchaic:compeer
   • ▪ a black man (often used as a term of address by other black people): informal North American "there I was with one white boy and this other brother"
   • ▪ a thing which resembles or is connected to another thing: "the machine is almost identical to its larger brother"
   • 2. a (male) fellow Christian.
   • ▪ a member of a religious order of men: "a Benedictine brother" Similar monkclericfriarreligiousregularmonasticcontemplative
   • ▪ a member of a fundamentalist Protestant denomination: "the Plymouth Brethren"

   exclamation

   • 1. used to express annoyance or surprise: North American "oh brother!"

   Word Origin Old Englishbrōthor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch broeder and German Bruder, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin frater.

   Derivatives

   • 1. brotherless adjective

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