Definition of brother

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Brother (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..

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Monsieur :: Monsieur (n.) The oldest brother of the king of France.
Greenlet :: Greenlet (n.) l. (Zool.) One of numerous species of small American singing birds, of the genus Vireo, as the solitary, or blue-headed (Vireo solitarius); the brotherly-love (V. Philadelphicus); the warbling greenlet (V. gilvus); the yellow-throated greenlet (V. flavifrons) and others. See Vireo..
Synonyms :: Synomocy (n.) Sworn brotherhood; a society in ancient Greece nearly resembling a modern political club.
Brotherhood :: Brotherhood (n.) The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood..
Eldest :: Eldest (a.) Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See Elder..
#NAME? :: -hood () A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character, totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood. Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the form -head..
Bub :: Bub (n.) A young brother; a little boy; -- a familiar term of address of a small boy.
Confraternity :: Confraternity (n.) A society of body of men united for some purpose, or in some profession; a brotherhood..
Brother :: Brother (n.) One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character..
Sister :: Sister (n.) A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother..
Brotherliness :: Brotherliness (n.) The state or quality of being brotherly.
Giant :: Giant (a.) Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son..
Dominican :: Dominican (n.) One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also preaching friars, friars preachers, black friars (from their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary, and in France, Jacobins..
Half-brother :: Half-brother (n.) A brother by one parent, but not by both..
Friar :: Friar (n.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. (b) Augustines. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. (d) White Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary..
Uncle :: Uncle (n.) The brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative of aunt in sex, and of nephew and niece in relationship..
Fratricide :: Fratricide (n.) One who murders or kills his own brother.
Brothered :: Brothered (imp. & p. p.) of Brothe.
Brotherly :: Brotherly (a.) Of or pertaining to brothers; such as is natural for brothers; becoming to brothers; kind; affectionate; as, brotherly love..
Grandniece :: Grandniece (n.) The granddaughter of one's brother or sister.
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