brother

noun
/ˈbɹʌðə/

Son of the same parents as another person.

Other meanings

A male having at least one parent in common with another person (see half-brother, stepbrother).
A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.

Related words

brotherboy
brotherdom
brotherfucker
brotherfucking
brotherji
brotherlocks
brotherman
brotherness
brotherred
brothership
bruncle
godbrother

Example sentences

“My brother used to do that.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0
“I'm staying with my brother.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“If you don't pay up, you'll never see your brother again.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Old English "brōþor".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “brother” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.