Definitions for Brother
ˈbrʌð ər or, for 9 , ˈbrʌðˈɜrBroth·er

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. brother, blood brothernoun

   a male with the same parents as someone else

   "my brother still lives with our parents"

2. brothernoun

   a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group)

   "none of his brothers would betray him"

3. buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekicknoun

   a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

4. brother, comradenoun

   used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement

   "Greetings, comrade!"

5. Brothernoun

   (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address

   "a Benedictine Brother"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. brothernoun

   Son of the same parents as another person.

   My parents love me and my brother equally, even though he is adopted.

2. brothernoun

   A male child descended from the same parents.

   Please welcome Brother Smith as he moves from his former congregation to his new congregation.

3. brothernoun

   A male having at least one parent in common with another (see half-brother, stepbrother).

4. brothernoun

   A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.

5. brothernoun

   Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.

6. brothernoun

   A black male.

7. brotherverb

   To treat as a brother.

8. Brothernoun

   Title of respect for an adult male member of a religious or fraternal order.

   My parents love me and my brother equally, even though he is adopted.

9. Brothernoun

   Formal title for any male member of a religious or fraternal organization.

   Please welcome Brother Smith as he moves from his former congregation to his new congregation.

10. Brothernoun

    An informal title used as part of another moniker:

11. Etymology: broþor, from brōþēr (cf. West Frisian broer, Dutch broeder, German Bruder), from bʰréh₂tēr (cf. Irish bráthair, Tocharian A pracar, B procer, Lithuanian brolis).

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Brothernoun

   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. Brothernoun

   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. Brothernoun

   one who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character

4. Brotherverb

   to make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood

Freebase(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Brother

   Brother is a 2000 film starring, written, directed and edited by Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano. It is also his fifth collaboration with renowned Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi. This was also Kitano's first collaboration with designer Yohji Yamamoto.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Brother

   bruth′ėr, n. a male born of the same parents: any one closely united with or resembling another; associated in common interests, occupation, &c.: a fellow-member of a religious order, a fellow-member of a guild, &c.: a fellow-creature, fellow-citizen, a co-religionist: (B.) a kinsman: pl. Broth′ers and Breth′ren, the latter esp. used in the sense of fellow-membership of guilds, religious communities, &c., and is a name given to certain sections of the Church of Christ, as Christian Brethren, Moravian Brethren, Plymouth Brethren, &c.—ns. Broth′er-ger′man, a brother having the same father and mother, in contradistinction to a half-brother, by one parent only; Broth′erhood, the state of being a brother: an association of men for any purpose; Broth′er-in-law, the brother of a husband or wife: a sister's husband.—adjs. Broth′er-like, Broth′erly, like a brother: kind: affectionate.—n. Broth′erliness, state of being brotherly: kindness. [A.S. broðor; cog. with Ger. bruder, Gael. brathair, Fr. frère, L. frater, Sans. bhrátar.]

Rap Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. brothernoun

   Man of the same group; friend. In the Bible you will read "brethern", which is used in the same meaning.

2. brothernoun

   Black male.

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1. brother

   Song lyrics by brother -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by brother on the Lyrics.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Roman Catholic
   • Friend
   • Member
   • Monk
   • Religion

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Brother' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1250

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Brother' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1025

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Brother' in Nouns Frequency: #361

How to pronounce Brother?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Brother in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Brother in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Brother in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Brother in a Sentence

1. Janet Jackson:

   My brother would never do something like that, but I'm still guilty by association. That's what they call it, right ? he didn't have that in him.

2. Jay Tomczak:

   Seeing him get weaker has been a really hard thing. We love him like a brother and are there to support him as much as we can, we are hoping and praying for him to have that go well this time around.

3. Lorraine Larsen:

   I would love to think at some point we'll get my brother's remains back. I would love that.

4. Ronald Greene:

   OK, OK. I'm sorry. I'm scared. Officer, I'm scared, I'm your brother, I'm scared.

5. Travis Manion Foundation -RRB- Ross:

   I had such a victim mentality of like, poor me, I lost my brother. I can't get over this. It was something that just changed me, and when I found TMF [Travis Manion Foundation], they had flipped the script for me. It was no longer such a negative thing, it turned into a positive because of the community that they have created and the support that comes along with their community.

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