brother
IPA: brˈʌðɝ
noun
- Son of the same parents as another person.
- A male having at least one parent in common with another (see half-brother, stepbrother).
- A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.
- (informal) A form of address to a man.
- (African-American Vernacular) A fellow black man.
- Somebody, usually male, connected by a common cause, situation, or affection.
- Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.
- (poetic) Someone who is a kinsman or shares the same patriarch.
- Title of respect for an adult male member of a religious or fraternal order.
- Title of respect for an adult male member of a fraternal/sororal organization, or comrade in a movement, or even a stranger using fictive kin.
- A title used to personify or respectfully refer to concepts or animals.
verb
- (transitive) To treat as a brother.
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Examples of "brother" in Sentences
- Her brother is a neuroscientist.
- This change was at the instigation of the brothers.
- Attention shifted from the brother to his ailing sister.
- He noticed his brother at an eye because his brother slouches.
- Becoming inseparable, the brothers helped to run the family inn.
- Like his brother, he was profligate with the great family wealth.
- The Bruise Brothers were in the First Family stable of Jimmy Hart.
- The brother represents the instinctive and the sister the rational side.
- Sunny and her sister and brother go to live with Jerome and Esme Squalor.
- He was raised in a ditch along with his other inbred brothers and sisters.
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