English Dictionary

brother

/ˈbɹʌðə(ɹ)/

noun

Son of the same parents as another person. / A male having at least one parent in common with another (see half-brother, stepbrother).

My brother is two years older than me.

意味（1）

Son of the same parents as another person.

It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.

意味（2）

A male having at least one parent in common with another (see half-brother, stepbrother).

意味（3）

A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.

You shall not charge interest to your brother—interest on money or food or anything that is lent out at interest.

意味（4）

(informal) A form of address to a man.

Listen, brother, I don't know what you want, but I'm not interested.

意味（5）

(African-American Vernacular) A black male.

SPIN: Aren't you both as popular with white people as black people?

SPIN: Aren't you both as popular with white people as black people? L.L.: Oh, no question. But I've always said, that's why when people say, L.L., hey, like, on the last album, you sold out, I say, Yo, can I ask you a question, Mike Tyson sell out? No, he's a brother. I say, he's a cross-over artist. He went pop. You know what I'm saying? I mean, the rap audience … they have to understand that their music is for all people. Me personally, I don't think it's about being black or white, […]

意味（6）

Somebody, usually male, connected by a common cause, situation, or affection.

The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny.

意味（7）

Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.

And, above all, no animal must ever tyrannise over his own kind. Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers.

意味（8）

(poetic) Someone who is a kinsman or shares the same patriarch.

The eighteenth century text, with its antislavery message and its Adamic figuration, calls implicily for the reconciliation of all peoples as brothers (not the reprehensible brothers of Joseph but the cocreated brothers of Adam).