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▸ noun: A male having at least one parent in common with another (see half-brother, stepbrother).
▸ noun: A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.
▸ noun: (informal) A form of address to a man.
▸ noun: (African-American Vernacular) A fellow black man.
▸ noun: Somebody, usually male, connected by a common cause, situation, or affection.
▸ noun: Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.
▸ noun: (poetic) Someone who is a kinsman or shares the same patriarch.
▸ verb: (transitive) To treat as a brother.
▸ noun: Title of respect for an adult male member of a religious or fraternal order.
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: A title used to personify or respectfully refer to concepts or animals.
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Types:
older brother,
younger brother,
middle brother,
only brother,
half-brother,
stepbrother,
foster brother,
adopted brother,
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