brother : Idioms & Phrases

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big brother

  • noun an authoritarian leader and invader of privacy
  • noun an older brother
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Blood brother

  • noun a male with the same parents as someone else
    brother.
    • my brother still lives with our parents
  • noun a male sworn (usually by a ceremony involving the mingling of blood) to treat another as his brother
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  • brother by blood or birth.
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brother german

Broth"er ger"man
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  1. (Law) A brother by both the father's and mother's side, in contradistinction to a uterine brother, one by the mother only. Bouvier.
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Brother Jonathan

  • a humorous designation for the people of the United States collectively. The phrase is said to have originated from Washington's referring to the patriotic Jonathan Trumbull, governor of Connecticut, as "Brother Jonathan."
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brother-in-law

  • noun a brother by marriage
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Broth"er-in-law` noun
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plural Brothers-in-law
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  1. The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister.
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church of the brethren

  • noun a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion
    Dippers; Dunkers.
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evangelical united brethren church

  • noun a Methodist denomination
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foster brother

  • noun your foster brother is a male who is not a son of your parents but who is raised by your parents
    foster brother.
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Foster brother, Foster sister

  • one who is, or has been, nursed at the same breast, or brought up by the same nurse as another, but is not of the same parentage.
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foster-brother

  • noun your foster brother is a male who is not a son of your parents but who is raised by your parents
    foster brother.
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Full brother ∨ sister

  • a brother or sister having the same parents as another.
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half brother

  • noun a brother who has only one parent in common with you
    half brother; stepbrother.
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half-brother

  • noun a brother who has only one parent in common with you
    half brother; stepbrother.
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Half"-broth`er noun
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  1. A brother by one parent, but not by both.
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Lay brother

  • (R. C. Ch.), one received into a convent of monks under the three vows, but not in holy orders.
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little brother

  • noun a younger brother
    • my little brother just had his 50th birthday
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marx brothers

  • noun a family of United States comedians consisting of four brothers with an anarchic sense of humor
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plymouth brethren

Plym"outh Breth"ren
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  1. The members of a religious sect which first appeared at Plymouth, England, about 1830. They protest against sectarianism, and reject all official ministry or clergy. Also called Brethren, Christian Brethren, Plymouthists, etc. The Darbyites are a division of the Brethren.
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soul brother

  • noun a fellow Black man
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Sworn brothers

  • originally, companions in arms who took an oath to share together good and bad fortune; hence, faithful friends.
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