brother
(noun, verb, interjection)
interjection
1. Expressing exasperation.
- We're being forced to work overtime? Oh, brother!
noun
1. a male with the same parents as someone else
- my brother still lives with our parents
Definition categories: person
2. a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group)
- none of his brothers would betray him
Definition categories: person, member
3. a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
Similar word(s): buddy, chum, crony, pal, sidekick
Definition categories: person, friend
4. used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement
Similar word(s): comrade
Definition categories: person, friend
5. (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address
- a Benedictine Brother
Definition categories: person, monastic, monk
Sentences with brother as a noun:
- My parents love me and my brother equally, even though he is adopted.
- Thank you, brother. I would like to thank the brother who just spoke.
verb
1. (transitive) To treat as a brother.