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brother
noun(broth-er)a male who has the same parents as another or one parent in common with another
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noun(broth-er)one related to another by common ties or interests
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noun(broth-er)a fellow member —used as a title for ministers in some evangelical denominations
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(broth-er)—used chiefly in formal or solemn address or in referring to the members of a profession, society, or religious denomination
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noun(broth-er)the brother of one's spouse
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noun(broth-er)the husband of one's sibling
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noun(broth-er)the husband of one's spouse's sibling
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noun(broth-er)an older brother
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noun(broth-er)a man who serves as a companion, father figure, and role model for a boy
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noun(broth-er)the leader of an authoritarian state or movement
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noun(broth-er)a brother by birth
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noun(broth-er)one of two men pledged to mutual loyalty by a ceremonial use of each other's blood
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noun(broth-er)a member of the Roman Catholic institute of Brothers of the Christian Schools founded by St. John Baptist de la Salle in France in 1684 and dedicated to education
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noun(broth-er)a brother related through one parent only
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noun(broth-er)a black male
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noun(broth-er)a member of a Roman Catholic congregation of lay brothers founded by Theodore J. Ryken in Brugge, Belgium, in 1839 and dedicated to education
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idiom(broth-er)—often used in the brother/sister/comrade in arms to indicate one has helped to fight an enemy especially in a war