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brother

('br/@//D//@/r )

a male with the same parents as someone else(noun.person)

Example:
My brother still lives with our parents.

Synonym:
blood brother
Antonym:
sis, sister

source: wordnet30
a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group)(noun.person)

Example:
None of his brothers would betray him.

source: wordnet30
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities(noun.person)

Synonym:
buddy, chum, crony, pal, sidekick

source: wordnet30
used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement(noun.person)

Synonym:
comrade

source: wordnet30
(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address(noun.person)

Example:
A Benedictine Brother.

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

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

source: webster1913

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