"Brother" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Brothers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Brother (plural Brothers)
  1. Title of respect for an adult male member of a religious or fraternal order.
    Sense id: en-Brother-en-noun-QpwqBaV-
  2. Title of respect for an adult male member of a fraternal/sororal organization, or comrade in a movement, or even a stranger using fictive kin. Categories (topical): Titles Synonyms: Br., Bro Related terms: Mister Coordinate_terms: brother, brethren, Brethren, brotherhood, Brotherhood, Sister, sistren, Sistren, sisterhood, Sisterhood
    Sense id: en-Brother-en-noun-nRCEN3UO Disambiguation of Titles: 28 55 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 64 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 77 18
  3. A title used to personify or respectfully refer to concepts or animals.
    Sense id: en-Brother-en-noun-3ccdlN3t

Inflected forms

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