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De - Pt| English Dictionary: brothers | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Brother \Broth"er\ (br[ucr][th]"[etil]r), n.; pl. {Brothers} (br[ucr][th]"[etil]rz) or {Brethren} (br[ecr][th]"r[ecr]n). See {Brethren}. [OE. brother, AS. br[d3][edh]or; akin to OS. brothar, D. broeder, OHG. pruodar, G. bruder, Icel. br[d3][edh]ir, Sw. & Dan. broder, Goth. br[d3][thorn]ar, Ir. brathair, W. brawd, pl. brodyr, Lith. brolis, Lett. brahlis, Russ. brat', Pol. & Serv. brat, OSlav. bratr[ucr], L. frater, Skr. bhr[be]t[rsdot], Zend bratar brother, Gr. fra`thr, fra`twr, a clansman. The common plural is {Brothers}; in the solemn style, {Brethren}, OE. pl. brether, bretheren, AS. dat. sing. br[c7][edh]er, nom. pl. br[d3][edh]or, br[d3][edh]ru. [root]258. Cf. {Friar}, {Fraternal}.] 1. A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a half brother, or brother of the half blood. Two of us in the churchyard lie, My sister and my brother. --Wordsworth. 2. 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. [bd]A brother of your order.[b8] --Shak. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother. --Shak. 3. One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character. He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. --Prov. xviii. 9. That April morn Of this the very brother. --Wordsworth. Note: In Scripture, the term brother is applied to a kinsman by blood more remote than a son of the same parents, as in the case of Abraham and Lot, Jacob and Laban. In a more general sense, brother or brethren is used for fellow-man or fellow-men. For of whom such massacre Make they but of their brethren, men of men? --Milton. {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 [bd]Brother Jonathan.[b8] {Blood brother}. See under {Blood}. | |
| From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
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Brothers, OR Zip code(s): 97712 | |
