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BROTHER
Noun & adjective. Plural brothers, (chiefly in senses 2b & 3) brethren.
[Old English broþor = Old Frisian brother, broder, Old Saxon broþar, Middle & modern Dutch broeder, Middle & modern Low German broder,
Old High German bruodar (German Bruder), Old Norse broðir, Gothic broþar, from Germanic from Indo-European,
whence Latin frater, Greek phrater, Sanskrit bhratr.]
Old High German bruodar (German Bruder), Old Norse broðir, Gothic broþar, from Germanic from Indo-European,
whence Latin frater, Greek phrater, Sanskrit bhratr.]
A1(a) noun. A male related to one or more other persons (male or female)
by having the same parents or by having one parent in common. OE
A1(b) noun. Chiefly in biblical translation (a Hebraism): a kinsman, as uncle, nephew, or cousin. ME
Note on A2
(With possible inclusion of a minority of females in plural, and if not considered significant.
Also used before a name and as a form of address or reference).
A2(a) A man who is a close friend; a (male) fellow citizen or fellow countryman;
an associate, an equal; a person of the same race, colour, or class; a fellow creature. OE
A2(b) A (male) fellow Christian, a co-religionist, a (male) fellow member of a religious society or sect.
In plural (Brethren) specifically members of the Plymouth Brethren. OE
A2(c) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. A member of a men's religious congregation or order. ME
A2(d) A (male) fellow member of a guild, trader union, society, regiment, profession, etc.;
an official of certain companies etc. LME
A2(e) Used as a familiar form of address to a man.
Also as interjection expressing surprise, annoyance, etc. Chiefly North American. E20
A3 figurative. An identical or similar thing, a counterpart. LME
B attributive or as adjective. (Frequently with hyphen.) That is a brother;
belonging to the same group; close as a brother; fellow-. LME
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Me (right) with one of my brothers in Ireland - the one brother that never did anything nasty to me |
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In Ireland, with my three older brothers and one of my sisters - I think it's pretty clear who's the cutest |
Do you have any brotherly stories?
Do you have a friend that you've come to think of as a brother?
Do please leave your most fraternal comments below.
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