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Grandniece :: Grandniece (n.) The granddaughter of one's brother or sister.

Cousin :: Cousin (n.) One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt..

Brothers-in-law :: Brothers-in-law (pl. ) of Brother-in-la.

Bub :: Bub (n.) A young brother; a little boy; -- a familiar term of address of a small boy.

Brotherly :: Brotherly (adv.) Like a brother; affectionately; kindly.

Gavelkind :: Gavelkind (n.) A tenure by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and the land of a brother, dying without issue, descended equally to his brothers. It still prevails in the county of Kent..

Stepbrother :: Step- () A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, etc., to indicate that the person thus spoken of is not a blood relative, but is a relative by the marriage of a parent; as, a stepmother to X is the wife of the father of X, married by him after the death of the mother of X. See Stepchild, Stepdaughter, Stepson, etc..

Brotherhood :: Brotherhood (n.) Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind..

Fra :: Fra (n.) Brother; -- a title of a monk of friar; as, Fra Angelo..

Brothers :: Brothers (pl. ) of Brothe.

Fraternize :: Fraternize (v. t.) To bring into fellowship or brotherly sympathy.

Resemble :: Resemble (v. t.) To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other..

Levir :: Levir (n.) A husband's brother; -- used in reference to levirate marriages.

Hesperides :: Hesperides (n. pl.) The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides..

Leviratical :: Leviratical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with, a law of the ancient Israelites and other tribes and races, according to which a woman, whose husband died without issue, was married to the husband's brother..

Brotherhood :: Brotherhood (n.) The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood..

Sodality :: Sodality (n.) A fellowship or fraternity; a brotherhood.

Lay :: Lay (a.) Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother..

Niece :: Niece (n.) A daughter of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law..

Brothers :: Brothers (pl. ) of Brothe.

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