| br | boiling range; brachial; branch; branchial; breath; brother |
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| bro | brother |
| b x s | brother x sister inbreeding |
| brother | Origin: OE. Brother, AS. Broor; akin to OS. Brothar, D. Broeder, OHG. Pruodar, G. Bruder, Icel. Broir, Sw. & Dan. Broder, Goth. Broar, Ir. Brathair, W. Brawd, pl. Brodyr, Lith. Brolis, Lett. Brahlis, Russ. Brat', Pol. & Serv. Brat, OSlav. Brat, L. Frater, Skr. Bhrat, Zend. Bratar brother, Gr, a clansman. The common plural is Brothers; in the solemn style, Brethren, OE. Pl. Brether, bretheren, AS. Dat. Sing. Breer, nom. Pl. Broor, broru. Cf. Frair, Fraternal. 1. 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. "Two of us in the churchyard lie, My sister and my brother." (Wordsworth) 2. 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, lawers, professors of religion, etc. "A brother of your order." "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother." (Shak) 3. One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character. "He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster." (Prov. Xviii. 9) "That April morn Of this the very brother." (Wordsworth) In Scripture, the term brother is applied to a kinsman by blood more remote than a son of the same parents, as in the case of Abraham and Lot, Jacob and Laban. In a more general sense, brother or brethren is used for fellow-man or fellow-men. "For of whom such massacre Make they but of their brethren, men of men?" (Milton) Brother Jonathan, a humorous designation for the people of the United States collectively. The phrase is said to have originated from Washington's referring to the patriotic Jonathan Trumbull, governor of Connecticut, as "Brother Jonathan." Blood brother. See Blood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| brother complex | Extreme envy or jealousy of a brother, leading to hatred. Synonym: brother complex. Origin: Cain, biblical personage (05 Mar 2000) |
| brotherhood | 1. The state of being brothers or a brother. 2. An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity. 3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood. 4. Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind. "A brotherhood of venerable trees." (Wordsworth) Synonym: Fraternity, association, fellowship, sodality. Origin: Brother + -hood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| brother | a male with the same parents as someone else |
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| brother | a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion of other group) |
| brother | used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement |
| brother | a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities |
| brother | being associated as a companion or associate |
| brother | (Roman Catholic) a title given to a monk and used as form of address |
| brother | a brother by marriage |
| brother | the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers |
| brother | people engaged in a particular occupation |
| brother | an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer |
| brother | the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings |
| brother | like or characteristic of or befitting a brother |
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