Definitions of Brother [ˈbrʌð ər or, for]

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Definition of 'Brother'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) brother
a male offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; male sibling.

2.  brother
a man or boy numbered in the same kinship group, nationality, race, society, etc., as another.

3.  brother
(often cap.)

4.  brother
a male numbered among the lay members of a religious organization that has a priesthood.

5.  brother
a man who devotes himself to the duties of a religious order without taking holy orders, or while preparing for holy orders.

6.  brother
(used as a title for a brother, monk, or friar.)

7.  brother
Slang. fellow; buddy.

8. (interj.) brother
(used to express disappointment, disgust, or surprise.)

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME; OE brōthor; c. OS brōthar, OHG bruodar, ON brōthir, Go brothar, Gk phr&amacracute;tēr, L frāter, Skt bhrāt&rdotbelow;)

Definition of 'Brother'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) brother, blood brother
a male with the same parents as someone else
"my brother still lives with our parents"

2. (noun) brother
a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group)
"none of his brothers would betray him"

3. (noun) buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

4. (noun) brother, comrade
used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement
"Greetings, comrade!"

5. (noun) Brother
(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address
"a Benedictine Brother"

Definition of 'Brother'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) brother
a male sibling
my brother's girlfriend; two younger brothers

2. brother
***a Catholic monk or priest
***Brother Dominic

3. brother
***a man who shares similar important experiences with you
***our brothers and sisters struggling against injustice

Definition of 'Brother'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Brother
a male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a half brother, or brother of the half blood

2. (noun) Brother
one related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil, suffering, etc.; -- used among judges, clergymen, monks, physicians, lawyers, professors of religion, etc

3. (noun) Brother
one who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character

4. (verb) Brother
to make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood

Translation of 'Brother'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the title given to a male child to describe his relationship to the other children of his parents I have two brothers.
Afrikaans: broer	Arabic: أخ	Bulgarian: брат
Brazilian: irmão	Czech: bratr	German: der Bruder
Danish: bror	Greek: αδελφός	Spanish: hermano
Estonian: vend	Farsi: برادر	Finnish: veli
French: frère	Hebrew: אָח	Hindi: भाई
Croatian: brat	Hungarian: (fiú)testvér	Indonesian: saudara laki-laki
Italian: fratello	Japanese: 兄弟	Korean: 형, 동생
Lithuanian: brolis	Latvian: brālis	Malay: abang
Dutch: broer	Norwegian: bror	Polish: brat
Persian: برادر	Pashto: ورور	Portuguese: irmão
Romanian: frate	Russian: брат	Slovak: brat
Slovenian: brat	Serbian: brat	Swedish: bror, broder
Thai: พี่ชายหรือน้องชาย	Turkish: erkek kardeş, birader	Taiwanese: 兄弟
Ukrainian: брат	Urdu: بھائی	Vietnamese: anh, em trai
Chinese: 兄弟
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