BROTHER
\bɹˈʌðə], \bɹˈʌðə], \b_ɹ_ˈʌ_ð_ə]\
Definitions of BROTHER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion of other group); "none of his brothers would betray him"
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(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address; "a Benedictine Brother"
By Princeton University
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a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion of other group); "none of his brothers would betray him"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character.
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To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character.
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To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A male who has the same father and mother as another; one closely united to another by a common interest; a member of a religious order; a fellow creature.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A male born of the same parents: any one closely united with or resembling another: a fellow-creature; also, in certain religious, beneficial, and secret societies, a fellow member. (Amer.).
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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