Definitions for Brother
ˈbrʌð ər or, for 9 , ˈbrʌðˈɜrBrother

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

1. brother, blood brother(noun)

   a male with the same parents as someone else

   "my brother still lives with our parents"

2. brother(noun)

   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, sidekick(noun)

   a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

4. brother, comrade(noun)

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

   "Greetings, comrade!"

5. Brother(noun)

   (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. brother(Noun)

   Son of the same parents as another person.

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

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

2. brother(Noun)

   A male child descended from the same parents.

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

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

3. brother(Noun)

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

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

4. brother(Noun)

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

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

5. brother(Noun)

   Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.

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

6. brother(Noun)

   A black male.

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

7. brother(Verb)

   To treat as a brother.

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

8. Brother(Noun)

   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.

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

9. Brother(Noun)

   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.

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

10. Brother(Noun)

    An informal title used as part of another moniker:

    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. Brother(noun)

   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. Brother(noun)

   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. Brother(noun)

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

4. Brother(verb)

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

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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. brother(noun)

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

2. brother(noun)

   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.

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?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

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   Veena

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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. Jeb Bush:

   I don't think about it, i just speak what I'm thinking, it's not organized probably as effective as it could be. I know people care about my family -- they love my brother, they love my dad and they love my mom. I don't go out of my way to talk about it, but it's part of who I am so -- it's does get a good response.

2. Ryan Gosling:

   Id like to try and thank one person properly, and to say that while I was singing and dancing and playing piano and having one of the best experiences Ive ever had on a film, my lady was raising Amada Lee, pregnant with our second, and trying to help her brother fight his battle with cancer.

3. Victor Patrick:

   My brother? They shot him with a gun. Right here, the soldiers, they don't ask -- they just shoot. If you are running, that's when they shoot you.

4. Farris Wilks:

   America has always been a land of opportunity. Its the one place on earth where you can go from building brick walls in the Texas heat to the kind of success my brother and I have achieved, ted Cruz believes in the opportunity society, he believes in the dignity of hard work, and hes not afraid to fight for what he believes in. The Wilkses are not the only billionaires backing Cruz. Reclusive hedge fund magnate Robert Mercer gave $11 million; Texas energy investor Toby Neugebauer gave $10 million. Mercer has declined to comment on why he is supporting Cruz, while Neugebauer backs Cruz for his track record promoting conservative causes and opposing the federal debt. Despite the large donations, Cruz is not among the leaders of the Republican race. A Reuters/Ipsos poll on Sept. 8 showed him in fourth place among Republican voters at 5.5 percent, tied with former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. . PRAYING FOR CRUZ. The day after President Barack Obama won a second term, I was pretty bummed out, Farris Wilks told congregants in a sermon on Nov. 7, 2012, a recording of which was provided by Peter Montgomery, a senior fellow with the equal rights group People for the American Way. I do believe that our country died that Tuesday night, Wilks said. Less than a year later, Farris found himself in the ballroom of the Marriott Hotel in Des Moines, Iowa, where Cruz stood with head bowed in a prayer circle, surrounded by evangelical Christians. Cruz was among the political headliners at a Pastors and Pews conference, an annual, closed-door affair that now occurs in roughly 14 states and is organized by Christian nationalist David Lane. The born-again Lane, a self-described former wild man of drugs, wine, women and song, believes the Bible should be the primary textbook in public schools and that judges who favor same-sex marriage should be impeached. He says people who embrace homosexual marriage, along with pagan public schools, pagan higher learning and pagan media, are creating Americas downfall with their multiracial false gods. One of Lanes major aims is to motivate at least 1,000 pastors to run for office in 2016. Polling shows there are 65 million to 80 million evangelical Christians but only a quarter of them vote. Getting 5 percent more registered and voting would, according to Lane, put a conservative in the White House. Asked about the Wilks brothers' financial support for Cruz, Lane said in an interview:.

5. Larry Sanders:

   Bernard wasn't particularly strong and not much of a fighter, but he was an athlete so he could handle himself, one of his friends came up to me the next day and said,' I have to tell Larry Sanders -- Larry Sanders brother is really a very good guy,'.

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