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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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