From en.wiktionary.org:
[Brother]
** English
[Brother (disambiguation)]
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology
[en] [en], from [en], from [en], from [en], from [en]. [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[s]
1. [en] Son of the same parents as another person.
2. * [chapter=10]
3. A male having at least one parent in common with another (see half-brother , stepbrother ).
4. A male fellow member of a religious community, church , trades union etc.
5. * 1975 , [New King James Version] , Deuteronomy 23:19
6. *: You shall not charge interest to your BROTHER —interest on money _or_ food _or_ anything that is lent out at interest.
7. [en] [en] [A form of address to a man.]
8. [en] A fellow black man .
9. * [en]
10. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=1991 | month=January | journal=SPIN | volume=6 | number=10 | page=58
|passage=SPIN: Aren't you both as popular with white people as black
people?<br>L.L.: Oh, no question. But I've always said, that's why when
people say, "L.L., hey, like, on the last album, you sold out," I say, "Yo,
can I ask you a question, Mike Tyson sell out?" "No, he's a BROTHER." I say,
he's a cross-over artist. He went pop. You know what I'm saying? I mean, the
rap audience [...] they have to understand that their music is for all people.
Me personally, I don't think it's about being black or white, [...]}}
1. * [page=148]
2. * [en]
3. Somebody, usually male, connected by a common cause, situation, or affection.
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1963 | author=Martin Luther King Jr.
|passage=The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community
must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white
BROTHERS, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that
their destiny is tied up with our destiny.}}
1. * [en]
2. Someone who is a peer , whether male or female.
3. * {{ RQ:Orwell Animal Farm | 1
|passage=And, above all, no animal must ever tyrannise over his own kind.
Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all BROTHERS.}}
1. [en] Someone who is a kinsman or shares the same patriarch .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
**** Usage notes
- The plural “brethren” (cf. “ sistren ”, “ sistern ”) is not used for biological brothers in contemporary English (although it was in older usage). It still finds use, however, in the meaning of “members of a religious order”. It is also sometimes used in other figurative senses, e.g. “adherents of the same religion”, “countrymen”, and the like.
**** Hypernyms
- [son of common parents] [en]
**** Coordinate terms
- [with regards to gender] [en]
**** Derived terms
[Abbreviations]: bro, brah, bra, bruh, bruv, bruvver {{col4|en|title=single
words|brotherboy|brotherdom|brotherfucker|brotherfucking|brotherji|brotherlocks|brotherman|brotherness|brotherred|brothership|bruncle|godbrother|merbrother|outbrother|swordbrother|unbrother|unbrothered
|brothered|my brother in Christ |brotherhood |brotherless |brotherlike
|brotherly |co-brother }} {{col4|en|title=Compound words and
expressions|collapse=n |big brother / [Big Brother] |blood brother|brother in
Christ|sugar brother |brother german |brother-in-arms|Bob's your mother's
brother |brother-in-law |Brother Jonathan|baby brother|Bob's your father's
brother|Robert is your father's brother|Robert is your mother's
brother|Robert's your mother's brother |Christian Brother |cousin brother /
[cousin-brother] |everyone and their brother,everybody and their brother
|foster brother / [foster-brother] |half brother / [half-brother] |lay brother
|little brother |milk brother |soul brother |stepbrother / [step-brother]
|Xaverian Brother |3/4 brother|brother chip|brother from another
mother|brother in
law|brother-german|brother-husband|brother-officer|brother-out-law|brother-slayer|brother-zone|co-brother-in-law|everybody
and his brother|everyone and his brother|full-brother|good-brother|half
brother-in-law|kid brother|milk-brother|oath-brother|older brother|Robert's
your father's brother|three-quarter brother|womb-brother|younger brother}}
**** Related terms
{{col4|en |friar |fraternal |fraternity }}
**** Descendants
[top3]
- [bah]
- [bzj]
- [bi]
- [wes]
- [gul]
- [hwc]
- [icr]
- [kri]
- [bzk]
- [pcm]
- [fpe]
- [pis]
- [srm]
- [srn]
- [tpi]
- [it]
- [ja]
- [kea]
- [ko]
- [pt]
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**** Translations
[Noun]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To treat as a brother.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1819 | author=w:Walter Scott | title=w:Ivanhoe
|passage=Seest thou not we are overreached, and that our proposed mode of
communicating with our friends without has been disconcerted by this same
motley gentleman thou art so fond to BROTHER?}}
**** Translations
[Verb]
*** Interjection
[en-interj]
1. [Expressing exasperation.]
[en] [en] [en]
** Middle English
*** Alternative forms
- [enm]
- [Ormulum] [enm]
*** Etymology
From [enm], from [enm], from [enm], from [enm]. [enm].
*** Pronunciation
- [enm]
*** Noun
[gen=brother]
1. A [en] or brother-in-law ; a male sibling.
2. * [enm]
3. A ( Christian ) man [i.e. as a "brother in life/brother in Christ"] .
4. * [Revelation]
5. A blood brother ; one in a mutual pact of loyalty between two.
6. Another member of a religious community or order (when one is a member)
7. Another member of a guild or craft association (when one is a member)
8. A male individual who one has a close platonic relationship with.
9. [enm] One of one's peers as a ruler ; (another) ruler.
10. [enm] A relative or family member who is a man .
11. [enm] Something similar to something else.
**** Related terms
- [enm]
- [enm]
- [enm]
- [enm]
- [enm]
**** Descendants
- [en] [see desc]
- [sco]
- [yol]
**** References
- [entry=brọ̄ther ]
[enm]
** Old Frisian
*** Etymology
[ofs] From [ofs].
*** Noun
[head=brōther]
1. [en]
**** Descendants
- North Frisian:
- [stq]
- [fy]
** Portuguese
*** Etymology
[pt] [pt]. [pt].
*** Pronunciation
[br=bróder]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [pt] bro [close friend]
**** Derived terms
- [pt]
** Scots
*** Noun
[sco]
1. [sco]
*** References
- [entry=brother]
** Spanish
*** Etymology
[es].
*** Pronunciation
[bróder]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [es] bro , dude , [en]
*** Further reading
- [R:es:DA]