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Definition of brother

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Brother (n.) 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..

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

Monsieur :: Monsieur (n.) The oldest brother of the king of France.

Eldest :: Eldest (a.) Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See Elder..

Mulier :: Mulier (n.) Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder brother born of the same parents before their marriage; a lawful son..

Dominican :: Dominican (n.) One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also preaching friars, friars preachers, black friars (from their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary, and in France, Jacobins..

Friar :: Friar (n.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. (b) Augustines. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. (d) White Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary..

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

Altruism :: Altruism (n.) Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness..

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

Twin :: Twin (a.) Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister..

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

Fratrage :: Fratrage (n.) A sharing among brothers, or brothers' kin..

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

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

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

Pluto :: Pluto (n.) The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World..

Grandnephew :: Grandnephew (n.) The grandson of one's brother or sister.

Erebus :: Erebus (n.) The son of Chaos and brother of Nox, who dwelt in Erebus..

Fraternization :: Fraternization (n.) The act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers.

Convert :: Convert (n.) A lay friar or brother, permitted to enter a monastery for the service of the house, but without orders, and not allowed to sing in the choir..