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brother
broth·er / ˈbrə[voicedth]ər/ • n. 1. a man or boy in relation to other sons and daughters of his parents. ∎ a half-brother, stepbrother, or foster brother. ∎ a brother-in-law. ∎ a male associate or fellow member of an organization: fraternity brothers. ∎ inf. a black man (chiefly used as a term of address among black people). ∎ a fellow human being. ∎ a thing that resembles or is connected to another thing: the machine is almost identical to its larger brother. 2. (pl. also breth·ren / ˈbre[voicedth]rin/ ) Christian Church a (male) fellow Christian. ∎ a member of a religious order or congregation of men: a Benedictine brother. • interj. used to express annoyance or surprise. DERIVATIVES: broth·er·li·ness n. broth·er·ly adj. ORIGIN: Old English brōthor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch broeder and German Bruder, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin frater. |
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"brother." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "brother." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-brother.html "brother." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-brother.html |
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brother am I my brother's keeper? an expression of rejection for natural ties; originally a biblical quotation, from the response of Cain to God when asked the whereabouts of the murdered Abel (Geneis 4:9).
Brother Jonathan America personified. Recorded from the early 19th century, the term is said to come from the name applied to Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of New York, by George Washington, and to have been used originally with biblical reference to 2 Samuel 1:26. See also Big Brother at big. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "brother." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "brother." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-brother.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "brother." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-brother.html |
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George Trumbull Ladd
George Trumbull Ladd 1842–1921, American philosopher, b. Painesville, Ohio, grad. Western Reserve Univ., 1864, and Andover Theological Seminary, 1869. He taught at Yale from 1881 until his retirement in 1906. Influenced by Hermann Lotze, he worked primarily in experimental psychology and founded the psychology laboratory at Yale. His books include Elements of Physiological Psychology (1887, rev. ed. 1911) and Knowledge, Life, and Reality (1909). |
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"George Trumbull Ladd." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "George Trumbull Ladd." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Ladd-Geo.html "George Trumbull Ladd." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Ladd-Geo.html |
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brother OE. brōðor, OS. brōðar, OHG. bruodar (G. bruder), ON. bróðir, Goth. brōpar :- Gmc. *brōþar :- IE. *bhrāter, whence Skr. bhrātr, Gr. phrātēr, L. frāter, OSl. bratrū, OCelt. *brāter (Ir., Gael. brathair, W. brawd, Breton breur).
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T. F. HOAD. "brother." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "brother." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-brother.html T. F. HOAD. "brother." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-brother.html |
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brother Used of sons of the same parent(s) (e.g. Judg. 8: 19), of related people (e.g. Deut. 23: 8, NJB), or in reference to a forgiven foe (1 Kgs. 20: 33, NRSV). In the NT it is used of a fellow Christian (1 Cor. 6: 6, NRSV marg.) and several times in Acts 15.
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "brother." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "brother." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-brother.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "brother." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-brother.html |
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brother
•blather, foregather, gather, slather
•farther, father, lather, rather
•grandfather • stepfather • godfather
•forefather
•altogether, feather, heather, leather, nether, tether, together, weather, wether, whether
•bather • sunbather
•bequeather, breather
•dither, hither, slither, swither, thither, whither, wither, zither
•either, neither
•bother, pother
•Rhondda • mouther • loather
•smoother, soother
•another, brother, mother, other, smother, t'other
•grandmother • stepmother
•godmother • housemother
•stepbrother • further
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"brother." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "brother." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-brother.html "brother." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-brother.html |
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