Brother
['brʌðə] or ['brʌðɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a male with the same parents as someone else; 'my brother still lives with our parents'.
(noun.) (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address; 'a Benedictine Brother'.
(noun.) a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group); 'none of his brothers would betray him'.
(noun.) used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement; 'Greetings, comrade!'.
Edited by Linda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character.
(v. t.) To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood.
Editor: Stu
Definition
n. a male born of the same parents: any one closely united with or resembling another; associated in common interests occupation &c.: a fellow-member of a religious order a fellow-member of a guild &c.: a fellow-creature fellow-citizen a co-religionist: (B.) a kinsman: pl. Broth′ers and Breth′ren the latter esp. used in the sense of fellow-membership of guilds religious communities &c. and is a name given to certain sections of the Church of Christ as Christian Brethren Moravian Brethren Plymouth Brethren &c.—ns. Broth′er-ger′man a brother having the same father and mother in contradistinction to a half-brother by one parent only; Broth′erhood the state of being a brother: an association of men for any purpose; Broth′er-in-law the brother of a husband or wife: a sister's husband.—adjs. Broth′er-like Broth′erly like a brother: kind: affectionate.—n. Broth′erliness state of being brotherly: kindness.
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To see your brothers, while dreaming, full of energy, you will have cause to rejoice at your own, or their good fortune; but if they are poor and in distress, or begging for assistance, you will be called to a deathbed soon, or some dire loss will overwhelm you or them.
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Examples
- You are so kind to us, we feel as if you were our brother and say just what we think. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- This was Brother Alexander--dead two hundred and eighty years. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Well, will we be brother and sister? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- How the deuce, my dear, would you have me behave respectfully to such a fool as your brother? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- When my sister saw me, she rose, and taking my hand, said, He is here, even at our wish; this is Lionel, my brother. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- When you tell me to love him as a brother, I shall no more see imperfection in his face, than I now do in his heart. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- She must have a sensation of being honoured, and whether thinking of herself or her brother, she must have a strong feeling of gratitude. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- From my brother! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Unable to rest or sleep, she quitted her asylum early, that she might again endeavour to find my brother. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- It means, he added, in a faltering voice, that my brother Richard has obtained his freedom. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- What strange creatures brothers are! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- My mother's name was Eyre; she had two brothers; one a clergyman, who married Miss Jane Reed, of Gateshead; the other, John Eyre, Esq. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The other two were evidently brothers. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- No sight could be more singular and beautiful than that of these twin brothers. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- That boy is not handsome--not so handsome as either of his brothers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It gives me the greatest delight to see you; but tell me how you left my father, brothers, and Elizabeth. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Last Thursday (May 7th) I, my niece, and your two brothers, went to walk in Plainpalais. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He promoted his brothers ridiculously--for they were the most ordinary of men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To her two brothers (for there was another Gérard Moore besides Robert) she was very much attached. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And you, Dejah Thoris, have parents and brothers and sisters? Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The shepherds that tended them were the very pictures of Joseph and his brethren I have no doubt in the world. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- What say our statutes, and how do our brethren observe them? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- O, my dear brethren and fellow-sojourners in Vanity Fair, which among you does not know and suffer under such benevolent despots? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- With a significant grin Malone produced his pistols, offering one to each of his brethren. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Also, in all such chapters, it is our duty to hear the advice of our brethren, and to proceed according to our own pleasure. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Then shall he say unto them, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it not to me. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- We are told that, While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Again, the arms of Hellenes should not be offered up in the temples of the Gods; they are a pollution, for they are taken from brethren. Plato. The Republic.
- I have composed many a homily on her back, to the edification of my brethren of the convent, and many poor Christian souls. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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