See brother in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "Now, brother Walter, my brother / by way of blood relation / and my brother in Christendom / through baptising and through faith […]",
"ref": "c. 1200, Ormin, “Dedication”, in Ormulum, lines 1–4:",
"text": "Nu bꝛoþerr Wallterr bꝛoþerr min / Affterr þe flæſheſſ kinde / ⁊ broþerr min i Criſſtendom / Þurrh fulluhht ⁊ þurrh trowwþe […]",
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"text": "I ioon ȝoure bꝛoþer ⁊ partener in tribulacioun ⁊ kingdom ⁊ pacience in criſt iheſu .· was in an ile þat is clepid pathmos · foꝛ þe woꝛd of god · ⁊ foꝛ þe witneſſyng of iheſu",
"type": "quote"
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],
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[
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]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A blood brother; one in a mutual pact of loyalty between two."
],
"links": [
[
"blood brother",
"blood brother"
],
[
"loyalty",
"loyalty"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Another member of a religious community or order (when one is a member)"
],
"links": [
[
"member",
"member"
],
[
"community",
"community"
],
[
"order",
"order"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Another member of a guild or craft association (when one is a member)"
],
"links": [
[
"member",
"member"
],
[
"guild",
"guild"
],
[
"craft",
"craft"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A male individual who one has a close platonic relationship with."
],
"links": [
[
"platonic",
"platonic"
],
[
"relationship",
"relationship"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"One of one's peers as a ruler; (another) ruler."
],
"links": [
[
"ruler",
"ruler"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) One of one's peers as a ruler; (another) ruler."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A relative or family member who is a man."
],
"links": [
[
"relative",
"relative"
],
[
"man",
"man"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) A relative or family member who is a man."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses",
"enm:Alchemy"
],
"glosses": [
"Something similar to something else."
],
"links": [
[
"alchemy",
"alchemy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare, alchemy) Something similar to something else."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"topics": [
"alchemy",
"pseudoscience"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbroːðər/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "broþer"
},
{
"word": "broþir"
},
{
"word": "broþur"
},
{
"word": "broder"
},
{
"word": "broðer"
},
{
"word": "brothir"
},
{
"word": "brothur"
},
{
"word": "broiþer"
},
{
"word": "bruther"
},
{
"word": "brodir"
},
{
"word": "brothre"
},
{
"word": "broþre"
},
{
"word": "brodyr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Ormulum"
],
"word": "broþerr"
}
],
"word": "brother"
}
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