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Brother
noun
1 brother
A male with the same parents as someone else:
— My brother still lives with our parents.
synonym: blood brother.
Roget 11:
consanguinity,
relationship,
kindred,
blood;
parentage
etc.
(paternity)
166;
filiation†,
affiliation;
lineage,
agnation†,
connection,
alliance;
family connection,
family tie;
ties of blood;
nepotism.
kinsman,
kinfolk;
kith and kin;
relation,
relative;
connection;
sibling,
sib;
next of kin;
uncle,
aunt,
nephew,
niece;
cousin,
cousin-german†;
first cousin,
second cousin;
cousin once removed,
cousin twice removed;
etc.
near relation,
distant relation;
brother,
sister,
one's own flesh and blood.
family,
fraternity;
brotherhood,
sisterhood,
cousinhood†.
race,
stock,
generation;
sept
etc.
166;
stirps,
side;
strain;
breed,
clan,
tribe,
nation.
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Roget 17:
similarity,
resemblance,
likeness,
similitude,
semblance;
affinity,
approximation,
parallelism;
agreement
etc.
23;
analogy,
analogicalness†;
correspondence,
homoiousia†,
parity.
connaturalness†,
connaturality†;
brotherhood,
family likeness.
alliteration,
rhyme,
pun.
repetition
etc.
104;
sameness
etc.
(identity)
13;
uniformity
etc.
16;
isogamy†.
analogue;
the like;
match,
pendant,
fellow companion,
pair,
mate,
twin,
double,
counterpart,
brother,
sister;
one's second self,
alter ego,
chip of the old block,
par nobile fratrum [Lat.],
Arcades ambo†,
birds of a feather,
et hoc genus omne [Lat.];
gens de meme famille [Fr.].
parallel;
simile;
type
etc.
(metaphor)
521;
image
etc.
(representation)
554;
photograph;
close resemblance,
striking resemblance,
speaking resemblance,
faithful likeness,
faithful resemblance.
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Roget 27:
equality,
parity,
coextension†,
symmetry,
balance,
poise;
evenness,
monotony,
level.
equivalence;
equipollence†,
equipoise,
equilibrium,
equiponderance†;
par,
quits,
a wash;
not a pin to choose;
distinction without a difference,
six of one and half a dozen of the other;
tweedle dee and tweedle dum [Lat.];
identity
etc.
13;
similarity
etc.
17.
equalization,
equation;
equilibration,
co-ordination,
adjustment,
readjustment.
drawn game,
drawn battle;
neck and neck race;
tie,
draw,
standoff,
dead heat.
match,
peer,
compeer,
equal,
mate,
fellow,
brother;
equivalent.
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Dutch: halfbroeder, halfbroer
Polish: brat, braciak
2 brother
A male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group).
Dutch: broer, broeder
3 brother
A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
synonyms: buddy, chum, crony, pal, sidekick.
Dutch: makker, maatje, maat, partner
Polish: ziom, ziomal
4 brother
Used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement.
synonym: comrade.
Dutch: strijdmakker
Polish: towarzysz
5 Brother
Roman Catholic Church A title given to a monk and used as form of address.
Polish: frater
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