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Definition brother

Etymology

From Middle English brother, from Old English br?þor, from Proto-Germanic *br?þ?r (compare North Frisian Bröðer, West Frisian broer, Dutch broeder, German Bruder, Danish broder, Norwegian bror), from Proto-Indo-European *b?réh?t?r (compare Irish bráthair, Welsh brawd, Latin fr?ter, Ancient Greek ?????? (phrát?r), Tocharian A pracar, Tocharian B procer, Russian ???? (brat), Lithuanian brolis, Persian ?????‎ (bar?dar), Sanskrit ?????? (bhr?t?)). Superseded non-native Middle English frere (“brother”) borrowed from Old French frere (“brother”).

Noun

brother (plural brothers or (archaic in most senses) brethren)

1. Son of the same parents as another person.
2. A male having at least one parent in common with another (see half-brother, stepbrother).
3. A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.
4. (African American Vernacular) A black male.
5. Somebody, usually male, connected by a common cause or situation.
6. Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.

Verb

brother (third-person singular simple present brothers, present participle brothering, simple past and past participle brothered)

1. (transitive) To treat as a brother.

Interjection

brother

1. Expressing exasperation.

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