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Definition: Brother |
BrotherAdjective1. Being associated as a companion or associate; "fellow traveler"; "brother workers"; "sister ship". Noun1. A male with the same parents as someone else; "my brother still lives with our parents". 2. A male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion of other group); "none of his brothers would betray him". 3. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities. 4. Used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement; "Greetings, comrade!". 5. (Roman Catholic) a title given to a monk and used as form of address; "a Benedictine Brother". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "brother" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Bible | Brother (1.) In the natural and common sense (Matt. 1:2; Luke 3:1, 19). (2.) A near relation, a cousin (Gen. 13:8; 14:16; Matt. 12:46; John 7:3; Acts 1:14; Gal. 1:19). (3.) Simply a fellow-countryman (Matt. 5:47; Acts 3:22; Heb. 7:5). (4.) A disciple or follower (Matt. 25:40; Heb. 2:11, 12). (5.) One of the same faith (Amos 1:9; Acts 9:30; 11:29; 1 Cor. 5:11); whence the early disciples of our Lord were known to each other as brethren. (6.) A colleague in office (Ezra 3:2; 1 Cor. 1:1; 2 Cor. 1:1). (7.) A fellow-man (Gen. 9:5; 19:7; Matt. 5:22, 23, 24; 7:5; Heb. 2:17). (8.) One beloved or closely united with another in affection (2 Sam. 1:26; Acts 6:3; 1 Thess. 5:1). Brethren of Jesus (Matt. 1:25; 12:46, 50: Mark 3:31, 32; Gal. 1:19; 1 Cor. 9:5, etc.) were probably the younger children of Joseph and Mary. Some have supposed that they may have been the children of Joseph by a former marriage, and others that they were the children of Mary, the Virgin's sister, and wife of Cleophas. The first interpretation, however, is the most natural. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Literature | Brother or Frère. A friar not in orders. (See Father. ) Brother (So-and-so). A fellow-barrister. Brother Benedict. A married man. (See Benedict.) Brother Birch. A fellow-school-master. Brother Blade. A fellow-soldier, properly; but now anyone of the same calling as yourself. Brother Brush. A fellow-painter. Brother Bung. A fellow-tapster. Brother Buskin. A fellow-comedian or actor. A Brother Chip. A fellow-carpenter. A Brother Clergyman. A fellow-clergyman. A Brother Crispin. A fellow-shoemaker. A Brother Mason. A fellow-Freemason. A Brother Quill. A fellow-author. A Brother Salt. A fellow-seaman or sailor. A Brother Shuttle. A fellow-weaver. A Brother Stitch. A fellow-tailor. A Brother String. A fellow-violinist. A Brother Whip. A fellow coachman. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang | Noun. Source: Comes from the original word brother, indicating a close relationship with someone. Definition: Meaning a men of the same group, a friend. Context: Said as a friendship showing word. Social Source: HIP-HOP . Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Brother. Plural brothers, when referring to members of the same family; brethren, when applied to members of the same church or society. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A brother is a male sibling.
See also: family
Brother is a corporation that manufactures printers.
External Link: http://www.brother.com/
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Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (163 BC-132 BC) was a Roman politician of the 2nd century BC. In his short life he caused a political turmoil in the Republic, by his attempts, as plebeian tribune, to legislate agrarian reforms. Tiberius political ideals eventually got him killed by the conservative faction of the senate.Tiberius was born in 163 BC, son of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and Cornelia Africana. The Gracchii, though not of patrician stock, were one of the politically most important families of Rome, very rich and well connected. His mother was daughter of Scipio Africanus and his sister Sempronia was the wife of Scipio Aemilianus, another important general. Tiberius was raised by his mother, with his sister and his brother Gaius Gracchus.
Tiberius military career started in the Third Punic War, as military tribune appointed to the staff of his brother in law, Scipio Aemilianus. In 137 BC he was appointed quaestor to consul Gaius Hostilius Mancinus and served his term in Numantia (Hispania province). The campaign was not successful and Mancinius' army suffered a major defeat. It was Tiberius, as quaestor, that saved the army from destruction by signing a peace treaty with the enemy. Back in Rome, Scipio Aemilianus considered the attitude as cowardice and convinced the senate to nullify the treaty. This was the start of the political enmity between Tiberius and the senate.
Rome's internal political situation was not peaceful. In the last hundred years, there had been several wars. Since legionaries were required to serve in a complete campaign no matter how long it was, soldiers often left their farms in the hands of wives and children. As estates in this situation went steadily into bankruptcy and were bought up by the wealthy upper class, latifundi or large estates, were formed. When the soldiers returned from the legions, they had nowhere to go, so they went to Rome to join the mob of thousands of unemployed who roamed the city. Due to this, the number of men with enough assets to qualify to army duty was shrinking as the military power of Rome. In 133 BC Tiberius was elected tribune of the plebs. Soon he started to legislate on the matter of the homeless legionaries. Tiberius managed to approve a law called Lex Sempronia agraria saying that the government would buy the land possessed by the owners of latifundi in excess of 500 acres. This land would then be distributed to soldiers upon completion of their service. This would solve two problems: increase the number of men that could be levied for service and also taking care of homeless war veterans.
The senate and its conservative elements were strongly against the Sempronian agrarian reforms. They did not take much action against them, because there was not enough money currently to reimburse the landowners without disrupting other activities, and so Tiberius could have it approved but could not implement it. However, late in 133, king Attalus of Pergamon died and left his entire fortune to Rome. Tiberius saw his chance and immediately used his tribunician powers to allocate the fortune to fund the new law. This was a direct attack at senatorial power, since the house was traditionally responsible for the management of the treasury. His fellow tribune of the plebs, Gaius Octavius, tried to veto the law, but Tiberius had him removed illegally from his office. Senate opposition increased.
The year was at an end, as Tiberius' term as tribune. After that, there was no way he could protect his laws from being revoked. Tiberius decided to run for election to an unprecedented second term. The conservators of the senate were not pleased and soon the situation became violent. Tiberius was killed in 132 BC near the Capitol, during an armed confrontation with political enemies, lead by Publius Cornelius Scipio Corculum, his own cousin.
Tiberius was married to Claudia Pulcheria, daughter of Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul in 143 BC), and had three sons that died young. His main heir was his younger brother, Gaius Gracchus which, a decade later, would share his fate while trying to apply even more revolutionary legislation.
See also: Scipio-Paullus-Gracchus family tree
References
Plutarch, Life of Tiberius and Gaius GracchusSource: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tiberius Gracchus."
Synonyms: BrotherSynonyms: brother(a) (adj), fellow(a) (adj), sister(a) (adj), blood brother (n), buddy (n), chum (n), comrade (n), crony (n), pal (n), sidekick (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: sister (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clergy | Cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer; canon regular, canon secular; Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites; Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite; Augustinian; Gilbertine; Austin Friars, Black Friars, White Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars; Bonhomme, Carthusian, Benedictine, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine; Templar, Hospitaler; Bernardine, Lorettine, pillarist, stylite. |
Consanguinity | 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; near relation, distant relation; brother, sister, one's own flesh and blood. |
Equality | Match, peer, compeer, equal, mate, fellow, brother; equivalent. |
Inhabitant | Aboriginal, American, Caledonian, Cambrian, Canadian, Canuck, downeaster, Scot, Scotchman, Hibernian, Irishman, Welshman, Uncle Sam, Yankee, Brother Jonathan. |
Purity | Phrase: "as chaste as unsunn'd snow"; "a soul as white as heaven"; my brother, Chastity"; "to the pure all things are pure". |
Similarity | 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, Arcades ambo, birds of a feather, et hoc genus omne; gens de meme famille. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Brother |
| English words defined with "brother": Big Brother, Blood brother, Brother german, Brother Jonathan ♦ little brother. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "brother": BROTHER OF THE BLADE, Brother Sam, BROTHER STARLING ♦ Cerulean Brother of Jove ♦ Foster Brother. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "brother": Triadelphous. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Brother" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Pidgin English (brother). |
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Screenplays | My father and my brother were killed by guns (High Noon; writing credit: Carl Foreman) There's no mystery to the street, no arch criminal behind it all. It if you find a body and you think his brother did it, you're gonna find out you're right (The Usual Suspects; writing credit: Christopher McQuarrie) How'd you land a job like that with a brother in the slammer (The Firm; writing credit: David Rabe) Do you want to know why your brother died (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) Skip a bit, Brother (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese) | |
Lyrics | They showed a young brother luv (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac) So just call on me brother, when you need a hand ("Lean On Me"; performing artist: Bill Withers) Or tell your brother Cliff whose fist can tell my lip, ("Achy Breaky Heart"; performing artist: Billy Ray Cyrus) Make a brother feel like im down at the disco (Request Line; performing artist: Black Eyed Peas) I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was balin' hay ("Ode to Billy Joe"; performing artist: Bobbie Gentry) | |
Tongue Twisters | Ruby Rugby's brother bought and brought her back some rubber baby-buggy bumpers. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Brother Bear (2003) He Is My Brother (1974) Brother and Sister (1973) Cry for Me Brother (1970) Say Brother (1970) | |
Song Titles | Bounce Me Brother With A Solid Four (performing artist: The Andrews Sisters) Brother John/Iko Iko (performing artist: Neville Brothers) Brother Louie (performing artist: Stories) He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (performing artist: The Hollies) Me and Baby Brother (performing artist: War) | |
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 | A 9 year-old white child is shown here in a home setting playing the organ with her brother with her mother is looking on. The girl is a long-term survivor of massive abdominal surgery at age 3 for neuroblastoma. She is presently disease-free. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | These Karman vortices formed over the islands of Broutona, Chirpoy, and Brat Chirpoyev (Chirpoy's Brother), all part of the Kuril Island chain found between Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula and Japan. Credit: NASA. |
 | Portland Harbor, Maine Topographic survey Assistant Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, 1854-1858 Literally thousands of individual houses were delineated on this survey Assistant Longfellow was the brother of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Topographic Survey T-735. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | San Francisco, California Survey by Sub-Assistant Augustus F. Rodgers, 1852 Topographic Survey T-352 Rodgers was the brother of naval officer John Rodgers. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Dale Reiner and his brother are on the left. The Reiners and a Northwest Chinook Recovery board member, Rusty Wailes, examine the restored area. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Launch RODGERS - named for Coast Survey Assistant Augustus Rodgers, brother of Civil War hero Admiral John Rodgers. Vessel is outfitted for current observations. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Wanted! Loving family with cozy corral. Clean environment requested. Will relocate. Capable of carring own baggage long distances. Good listener. Meet me, or my brother, at the next wild horse and burro adoption. Credit: Unknown. |  | Acrylic painting of a Canada Goose by Robert Hautman, 205 N. Union Terrace Lane, Plymouth, MN 55441. The goose is standing on reeds by a Minnesota lake with feathers ruffling in the wind and sun. Bob's outstanding achievements also include 1995 Minnesota Pheasant Stamp, the 1992 and 1993 Minnesota State Duck Stamp, and the 1989 Nevada State Duck Stamp. Other honors include the Ducks Unlimited Flyway artist in 1996 and the featured artist at the prestigious Michigan Wildlife art show in 1990. As the third Hautman brother to win the Federal Duck Stamp Competition, Bob was the second place winner in the 1994 contest when his brother Jim won with a pair of mallards depicted on the 1995 stamp. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page. |
 | My Baby Brother has AIDS and Now he's too Sick to play with me anymore... : Daddy, Why?. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | With her brother in February 1919. Credit: NAVY. |
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| "Brother" by Balazs Raskai Commentary: "My brother few years ago....." | "Kenyan Brother" by Jack Hirsch Commentary: "This is a pic of my little brother in Kenya." |
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| Author | Quotation |
C. Simmons | Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty. |
Charles Baudelaire | Hypocrite reader -- my fellow -- my brother! |
Gaius Valerius Catullus | And forever, O my brother, hail and farewell! |
Homer | There she met sleep, the brother of death. |
| A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother. | |
Lamartine | If God is thy father, man is thy brother. |
Percy Bysshe Shelley | How wonderful is death! Death and his brother sleep. |
St. Francis and Assisi | I have sinned against my brother the ass. |
Voltaire | Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother. |
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Magna Carta | 1215 | Moreover, for all those possessions, from which anyone has, without the lawful judgment of his peers, been disseised or removed, by our father, King Henry, or by our brother, King Richard, and which we retain in our hand (or which as possessed by others, to whom we are bound to warrant them) we shall have respite until the usual term of crusaders; excepting those things about which a plea has been raised, or an inquest made by our order, before our taking of the cross; but as soon as we return from the expedition, we will immediately grant full justice therein. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | And for the same reason Esau went from his father, and his brother, and planted in Mount Seir, Gen. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | He is an excellent young man, both as son and brother. |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | He gravely kissed my Lady, shook hands with his brother and the Chancellor, and left the room |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Napoleon sent against Hougomont his brother Jerome |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Brother Michael was standing at the door of the infirmary and from the door of the dark cabinet on his right came a smell like medicine |
The Importance of Being Earnest | Oscar Wilde | Jack: What on earth do you mean? Algernon: You have invented a very useful younger brother ca |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | There wanteth now our brother Gloucester here To make the blessed period of this peace |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Welcome, brother. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I made the Captain a very low bow, and then turning to the Dutchman, said, I was sorry to find more mercy in a heathen, than in a brother Christian |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I too felt a slumberous influence after watching him half an hour, as he sat thus with his eyes half open, like a cat, winged brother of the cat. |
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Health | Some children struggle with how much of their parents' time is spent with their sick brother or sister. (references) | |
When marrow is available from a brother or sister who is an identical match, the cure rate exceeds 85 percent. (references) | ||
There is one report of transmission to a sister with diabetes who was the caretaker for her brother who had chronic melioidosis. (references) | ||
Children | Dominican Republic | In the majority of the cases, the accused is a person close to the child: A father, grandfather, uncle, brother, cousin, or close family friend. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Uzbekistan | An NGO reported that another brother, Rashid Bekzhon, lost vision in one eye as a result of torture. (references) |
Cuba | His father and brother, who are not members of the opposition, were forced into a car and released on the outskirts of the town of Ciego de Avila. (references) | |
Economic History | Nepal | After his death two days later, the late King's surviving brother Gyanendra was proclaimed king. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | King Fahd's brother, Prince Sultan, the Minister of Defense and Aviation, became Second Deputy Prime Minister. (references) | |
Chile | The drive for independence from Spain was precipitated by usurpation of the Spanish throne by Napoleon's brother Joseph. (references) | |
Human Rights | Uzbekistan | His brother Rasul was beaten so severely that he became an invalid. (references) |
Nicaragua | Azucena Baltodano took her brother home, but he continued to vomit blood. (references) | |
Bangladesh | Hossain was arrested in June 2000. In December 2000, Hossain's brother was killed in Dhaka. (references) | |
Minorities | Bosnia and Herzegovina | On March 12, a bomb destroyed a vehicle belonging to a Bosniak IDP who was visiting his brother in Prijedor. (references) |
Political Economy | Nepal | In June 2001, King Birendra was murdered and his brother Gyanendra became King. (references) |
Equatorial Guinea | The Director General of National Security is the President's brother, Armengol Ondo Nguema. (references) | |
Political Rights | Uganda | Salim Saleh, Museveni's brother, was elected in the army election. (references) |
Women | Syria | If the brother fails to do so, she has the right to sue. (references) |
Jordan | Her brother surrendered himself to police after initially fleeing the scene of the killing. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Burundi | COSYBU president Pierre-Claver Hajavandi and his brother Raphael Horumpende, who were arrested in 2000 and accused respectively of organizing a general strike and involvement in a grenade attack, were released during the year. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RATTLESNAKE, n. Our prostrate brother, Homo ventrambulans. |
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David Letterman | Nothing's wrong with your brother, but you know by now they're in it for the free meal. You must know by now that that's why they're here. Of course, look at them. |
Dennis Miller | For most law-abiding citizens, Big Brother is not watching us. |
Don Imus | I buy all of those fights. Like my brother says, it's great satisfaction when you can see on the screen that says, you are authorized for this program. |
Elizabeth Taylor | Just difficult. Mine was completely different. I loved Michael. But we lived together like brother and sister. And I was too young. I was just too young for that. |
Maureen O'Hara | Well, every time Charlie Blair flew into L.A., he would call my brother, Charlie, and they would go off and have dinner. |
Rosie O'Donnell | My brother Danny, who is gay as well, introduced me to her. He met her at a fundraiser and thought we'd hit it off, and we did. |
Rush Limbaugh | That's why they said we're not going to drill in Florida, but the real reason is because the Governor is the brother of the President. |
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Woodrow Wilson | 1913-1921 | The feelings with which we face this new age of right and opportunity sweep across our heartstrings like some air out of God's own presence, where justice and mercy are reconciled and the judge and the brother are one. |
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| "Brother" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.25% of the time. "Brother" is used about 8,462 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.25% | 8,229 | 1,176 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.75% | 233 | 19,663 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8,462 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "brother". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Delphia | N/A | N/A | Love of a brother |
| Achab | N/A | Biblical | Brother of the father |
| Achmetha | N/A | Biblical | Brother of death |
| Ahab | N/A | Biblical | Father's brother |
| Aharah | N/A | Biblical | A smiling brother |
| Ahasbai | N/A | Biblical | A grown-up brother |
| Ahi | N/A | Biblical | My brother |
| Ahiah | N/A | Biblical | Brother of the Lord |
| Ahiam | N/A | Biblical | Mother's brother |
| Ahiam | N/A | Biblical | Brother of a nation |
| Ahian | N/A | Biblical | Brother of wine |
| Ahiezer | N/A | Biblical | Brother of assistance |
| Ahihud | N/A | Biblical | Witty brother |
| Ahihud | N/A | Biblical | Brother of vanity |
| Ahikam | N/A | Biblical | A brother who raises up or avenges |
| Ahilud | N/A | Biblical | A brother born |
| Ahimaaz | N/A | Biblical | A brother of the council |
| Ahiman | N/A | Biblical | Brother of the right hand |
| Ahimelech | N/A | Biblical | My brother is a king |
| Ahimelech | N/A | Biblical | My king's brother |
| Ahimoth | N/A | Biblical | Brother of death |
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| Japan | Brother Industries Ltd |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "brother": adopted brother ♦ agnate brother ♦ baby brother ♦ big brother ♦ blood brother ♦ brother and sister ♦ brother german ♦ brother in arms ♦ brother in law ♦ brother Jonathan ♦ brother member ♦ brother of the half blood ♦ brother of the halfblood ♦ brother or sister ♦ brother student ♦ consanguine brother ♦ elder brother ♦ eldest brother ♦ Foster brother ♦ Full brother ♦ give my love to your brother ♦ half brother ♦ here is my brother ♦ kid brother ♦ Lay brother ♦ little brother ♦ my brother ♦ my own brother ♦ myself and my brother ♦ remember me to your brother ♦ soul brother ♦ step brother ♦ swore brother ♦ sworn brother ♦ twin brother ♦ uterine brother ♦ whole brother ♦ you cannot tell him from his brother ♦ younger brother. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "brother": brother-and-sister, brother-band, brother-clan, brother-general, brother-german, brother-house, brother-in, Brother-in-law, brother-in-laws, brother-in-low, brother-lover, brother-masons, brother-officers, brother-sister, brother-usurper, brother-workers, brother-you. | |
Ending with "brother": step-brother. | |
Containing "brother": Half-brother-in-law. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
big brother | 11,489 | blues brother | 659 |
4 big brother | 4,327 | super mario brother | 626 |
warner brother | 3,869 | big brother big sister | 605 |
brother | 2,470 | lehman brother | 532 |
the isley brother | 1,780 | chemical brother | 507 |
brook brother | 1,583 | super smash brother melee | 501 |
band of brother | 1,495 | mario brother | 457 |
big brother 3 | 1,253 | allman brother band | 442 |
big brother uk | 1,062 | aaron brother | 442 |
wright brother | 1,041 | big brother mexico | 416 |
big brother australia | 1,016 | super smash brother | 401 |
africa big brother | 1,003 | blood brother | 394 |
big brother tv show | 957 | righteous brother | 358 |
brother sewing machine | 952 | brother undercover | 340 |
toll brother | 937 | o brother where art thou | 339 |
allman brother | 905 | brother fax machine | 339 |
brother printer | 742 | everly brother | 331 |
channel 4 big brother | 715 | cbs big brother | 328 |
brother sister | 703 | white brother | 323 |
doobie brother | 691 | brother poem | 305 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "brother"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | broer. (various references) | |
Albanian | vëlla (sibling). (various references) | |
Arabic | صديق حميم (chum, confidant, confident), صديق (associate, friend, mate, pal, veracious), الصنو (peer, twin), أخ (friar), شقيق (full, full brother). (various references) | |
Asturian | hermanu. (various references) | |
Aymara | jila. (various references) | |
Bemba | indume. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | niitsistowahsin. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | брат (bud, sib, sibling). (various references) | |
Catalan | germà. (various references) | |
Cebuano | igsoong lalaki. (various references) | |
Chamorro | kuñáo (brother-in-law). (various references) | |
Chinese | 弟兄 , 兄弟 (Brothers). (various references) | |
Cornish | broder. (various references) | |
Czech | bratr. (various references) | |
Danish | bror, broder. (various references) | |
Dutch | broer (sibling), broeder (nurse, sibling). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | turi, huauqui. (various references) | |
Esperanto | gefrato (sibling, sister), frato. (various references) | |
Faeroese | bróðir. (various references) | |
Farsi | همقطار (Associate, Confrere, Teammate), برادر (Billy). (various references) | |
Finnish | veli. (various references) | |
French | frère. (various references) | |
Frisian | bruor, broer. (various references) | |
German | Bruder (friar), kollege (adjunct, associate, colleague, co-worker, fellow, workmate). (various references) | |
Greek | αδερφός, αδελφόσ, αδελφός (sibling). (various references) | |
Guarani | kyvy. (various references) | |
Hawaiian | vëlla. (various references) | |
Hebrew | אח (countryman, fellow, friar, kinsman). (various references) | |
Hungarian | fivér. (various references) | |
Icelandic | bróðir. (various references) | |
Indonesian | bung (buddy, fellow, mac), saudara laki-laki, saudara (sister), kakak (sister), frater (friar). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | anni. (various references) | |
Irish | bráthair (friar), dearthÚir, deartháir. (various references) | |
Italian | fratello (sibling). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 弟 (brotherly affection, faithful service to those older, younger brother), 兄 (older brother). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | けんけい (prefectural police, wise elder brother), こじゅうと (brother-in-law, sister-in-law), れいけい (his wife, Mrs, your elder brother, your wife), れいてい (your younger brother), あにうえ (older brother), あにご (elder brother), あにき (elder brother, one's senior), あに (older brother), あけい (my dear brother), けいまい (older brother and younger sister), だい (brotherly affection, charge, cost, faithful service to those older, ordinal, price, rack, stand, subject, support, table, theme, title, topic, younger brother), けいし (brother and sister, capital, despise, execution, heir, heiress, ignore, metropolis, metropolitan police, neglect, old Kyoto, police superintendent, ruledpaper, slight, stepchild, successor), ばってい (last disciple, youngest brother), けんてい (approval, dedication, inspection, official certification, presentation, wise younger brother), じっけい (a jail sentence, actual view, imprisonment without a stay of execution, one's own elder brother), じってい (one'syounger brother), じゃくてい (young brother), じけい (affectionate elder brother, character style or form, giving warning oneself, mercy and love, second elder brother), はく (be worn off, chief official, come off, command esteem, commanding esteem, count, counter for nights of a stay, discolor, doctor, earl, eldest brother, exhibition, exposition, fade, fair, gain, gaining, oak, peel off, Ph.D., receive, receiving, to breathe, to brush, to disgorge, to gather up, to put on, to sweep, to tell, to vomit, to wear, uncle, win acclaim, winning acclaim), ていまい (younger brother and sister), てい (4th in rank, air, appearance, brotherly affection, condition, faithful service to those older, form, fourth sign of the Chinese calendar, shave, spy, state, stopping, younger brother), ちきょうだい (foster brother and sister), ちょうけい (eldest brother, major axis), けいじ (apocalypse, auspicious event, bulletin, clocking, copula, criminal case, defer to another as if an older brother, detective, notice, revelation, timing), しゃけい (my elder brother, wryneck), ぎけい (brother-in-law, copy, deceptive plan, model, pattern), たいけい (battle formation, compendium, corporal punishment, disposition of troops, farsighted policy, figure, form, grand-scale or long-range plan, great joy, honorific title for someone a little older, jail sentence, older brother, organization, outline, survey, system), おにいさん (older brother), おとおじ (parent's younger brother, uncle), おとうとさん (younger brother), おとうとぶん (friend treated as younger brother), おとうとご (your younger brother), おとうと (younger brother), おとと (younger brother), おと (note, sound, younger brother), かけい (beautiful view, elder brother, family finances, family lineage, household economy, river system, stake, stem of flower), しまい (end, informal, Noh dance in plain clothes, older sister and younger brother, sisters, termination), にいさん (older brother), しゃてい (my younger brother, rifle range), しょうてい (my foolish brother, young brother), きょうだいぶん (buddy, pal, sworn brother), きょうだい (bridge abutment, brother and sister, dresser, Kyoto University, mighty, older brother and younger sister, older sister and younger brother, powerful, siblings, sisters), そんけい (an elder brother, elderly person, esteem, honour, respect, reverence), ぐけい (foolish plan, one's plan, one'selder brother), ぐてい (one'syounger brother), まってい (last disciple, youngest brother), ぼうけい (affiliate, collateral family, conspiracy, one's deceased elder brother, plot, subsidiary line), ぎきょうだい (brother-in-law, stepbrother, sworn brother), なかのあに (middle brother). (various references) | |
Kongo | mpangi a yakala. (various references) | |
Korean | 형제 (Brethren, Brothers, fraternal). (various references) | |
Lombard | fradell. (various references) | |
Macedonian | brat. (various references) | |
Malagasy | anadahy. (various references) | |
Malay | ipar laki-laki (brother-in-law). (various references) | |
Manx | braar (friar, monk). (various references) | |
Maori | tungaane, teina. (various references) | |
Maya | baal (brother-in-law), iidzin (younger brother). (various references) | |
Mohawk | -tsi'a (older brother), -'kenha (younger brother). (various references) | |
Norwegian | bror. (various references) | |
Occitan | fraire. (various references) | |
Papago | mad-ohg (brother-in-law). (various references) | |
Papiamen | bruder, ruman hòmber, ruman (parent, sibling, sister). (various references) | |
Pidgin English | brother. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otherbray.(various references) | |
Polish | brat. (various references) | |
Portuguese | irmão (sibling). (various references) | |
Provencal | faire. (various references) | |
Quechua | wawqe (brother of a male), tura (brother of a female). (various references) | |
Romanian | frate (fellow, old fellow, pal). (various references) | |
Romansch | frar. (various references) | |
Romany | phral. (various references) | |
Ruanda | musaza wawe. (various references) | |
Russian | брат (brethren). (various references) | |
Samoan | tuagane. (various references) | |
Scottish | bràthair. (various references) | |
Sepedi | morwarra. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | brat, rođeni brat (sibling), fratar (greylag-friar), član verske zajednice. (various references) | |
Shona | munun'una, mukoma, hanzvadzi. (various references) | |
Sicilian | frati. (various references) | |
Sotho | moholwane (elder brother). (various references) | |
Spanish | hermano (embezzler, fraud, sib, sibling). (various references) | |
Sranan | brada, ba (friend). (various references) | |
Swahili | ndugu (relative), kaka. (various references) | |
Swazi | bhutí. (various references) | |
Swedish | bror, broder. (various references) | |
Tagalog | kapatíd na laláki. (various references) | |
Thai | นิโกร (soul brother), ผู้นำ (Big Brother, chief, leader). (various references) | |
Turkish | birader, bírader, vay canına (blimey, by george, whew), vay be (cor, gee, gee whiz, hello, hullo, my, my hat, phew, whew, wow), tarikat üyesi, kardeş (buddy, fellow, fraternal, sibling, sister), erkek kardeş (cadet), dost (ally, associate, bean, bedfellow, Comrade, connection, connexion, crony, fellow, forthcoming, friend, lover, pal, pard), arkadaş (associate, bedfellow, bud, buddy, chap, chum, companion, compeer, Comrade, consociate, familiar, feller, fellow, friend, helpmate, helpmeet, mate, pal, sidekick). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gardaю, dogan. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чернець (benedictine, coenobite, conventual, friar, monastic, obedientiary, regular, religious), земляк (countryman), брат, близький друг (familiar, intimate). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | anh em máu mủ ruột thịt anh em kết nghĩa trích máu ăn thề (blood brother). (various references) | |
Welsh | brawd (brethren, friar, judgment). (various references) | |
Wolof | càmmeñ. (various references) | |
Xhosa | bhuti. (various references) | |
Yucatec | suku'un (elder brother), iits'in (sister, younger brother). (various references) | |
Zulu | ubhuti. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | 1. pa, 1. e. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | consanguineis, consanguineus, frater, fratre, fratrem, fratremque, fratres, fratresque, fratri, fratribus, fratris, fratrum. (various references) |
| Sanskrit | 300 BCE-Modern | bhrata. (various references) |
| Dutch | 700-Modern | boel. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | frere. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 42, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Aposteilate ex umwn ena kai labete ton adelfon umwn umeiV de apacqhte ewV tou fanera genesqai ta rhmata umwn ei alhqeuete h ou ei de mh nh thn ugieian faraw h mhn kataskopoi este |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Mittite e vobis unum et adducat eum vos autem eritis in vinculis donec probentur quae dixistis utrum falsa an vera sint alioquin per salutem Pharaonis exploratores estis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Sendith of you oon, and bringe he him, ye forsothe shulen ben in boondis, to the tyme that the thingis that ye han seide ben proued, whether fals or soth thei ben; ellis bi the helth of Pharao aspies ye ben. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Sende therfore one off you and lett him fett youre brother and ye shalbe in preason in the meane season. And thereby shall youre wordes be proued whether there be any trueth in you: or els by the lyfe of Pharao ye are but spies. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there is any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 42, Verse 16 |
| Cebuano | Sugoa ang usa kaninyo, ug ipakuha ang inyong igsoon nga lalake; ug pabilin kamo nga mga binilanggo, aron ang inyong mga pulong mapamatud-an, kong adunay kamatuoran kaninyo; kay kong dili, tungod sa kinabuhi ni Faraon kamo mga tiktik gayud. |
| Croatian | Pošaljite jednoga izmeðu sebe da vam dovede brata, a vi ostali u zatvor! Tako æu iskušati vaše rijeèi i vidjeti je li u vas istina ili nije. Inaèe, tako mi faraona, vi ste uhode!" |
| Danish | Lad en af eder rejse hjem for at hente eders Broder, og imedens holdes I andre fangne; så vil det. vise sig, om eders Ord er Sandhed; og hvis ikke, så er I, så sandt, Farao lever, Spejdere!" |
| Dutch | Zendt een uit u, die uw broeder hale; maar weest gijlieden gevangen, en uw woorden zullen beproefd worden, of de waarheid bij u zij; en indien niet, zo waarlijk als Farao leeft, zo zijt gij verspieders! |
| Finnish | Lähettäkää yksi joukostanne noutamaan veljenne tänne, mutta teidän muiden on jääminen tänne vangeiksi, että koeteltaisiin, oletteko puhuneet totta; muuten, niin totta kuin farao elää, te olette vakoojia." |
| French | Envoyez l`un de vous pour chercher votre frère; et vous, restez prisonniers. Vos paroles seront éprouvées, et je saurai si la vérité est chez vous; sinon, par la vie de Pharaon! vous êtes des espions. |
| German | Sendet einen unter euch hin, der euren Bruder hole; ihr aber sollt gefangen sein. Also will ich prüfen eure Rede, ob ihr mit Wahrheit umgeht oder nicht. Denn wo nicht, so seid ihr, bei dem Leben Pharaos! Kundschafter. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Seorang dari kamu harus pulang mengambilnya. Yang lain akan ditahan sampai perkataanmu terbukti. Jika tidak, demi nama raja, kamu ini mata-mata musuh!" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Suruhkanlah seorang dari pada kamu pergi mengambil adikmu itu ke mari, tetapi tinggallah kamu ini terpenjara di sini, supaya dapat diuji perkataanmu kalau kamu benar, maka jikalau tidak, demi alhayat Firaun, bahwa kamulah orang pengintai juga. |
| Italian | Mandate uno di voi a prendere il vostro fratello; voi rimarrete prigionieri. Siano così messe alla prova le vostre parole, per sapere se la verità è dalla vostra parte. Se no, per la vita del faraone, voi siete spie!». |
| Maori | Tukua atu tetahi o koutou ki te tiki i to koutou teina, ko koutou hoki, ka herea koutou, kia mohiotia ai a koutou korero, he pono ranei ta koutou: a ki te kahore, e ora ana a Parao, ina, he tutei koutou. |
| Norwegian | Send en av eder avsted for å hente eders bror, men I andre skal holdes fanget, og eders ord skal prøves, om det er sant det I sier; hvis ikke, så er I, så sant Farao lever, speidere. |
| Rumanian | Trimeteyi pe unul din voi sq aducq pe fratele vostru; iar voi, rqmkneyi la oprealq. Cuvintele voastre vor fi puse astfel la kncercare, wi voi wti dacq adevqrul este cu voi sau nu; altfel, pe viaya lui Faraon cq sknteyi niwte iscoade.`` |
| Swedish | En av eder må fara och hämta hit eder broder. Men I andra skolen stanna såsom fångar, för att jag så må pröva om I haven talat sanning. Ty om så icke är, då ären I spejare, så sant Farao lever." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "brother": brothered, brotherhood, brotherhoods, brothering, brotherliness, brotherlinesses, brotherly, brothers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "brother": stepbrother. (additional references) | |
Words containing "brother": stepbrothers. (additional references) | |
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"Brother" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Berther, bioherm, boother, borter, borther, Bortier, bratcher, brether, brocher, Bronterre, Broster, broter, brotha, brothar, brothe, brothger, brothren, Broxhi, bruthur, Crwother, drophar, frother, Grothe, rothern, Rothery. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "brother" (pronounced bru"ther) |
| 3 | -u" th er | another, mother, nother, other, smother, souther. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-h-o-r-r-t" | |
-1 letter: bother, rhetor. | |
-2 letters: berth, borer, broth, other, retro, throb, throe. | |
-3 letters: beth, bore, bort, both, herb, hero, hoer, robe, rote, thro, tore, torr. | |
-4 letters: bet, bot, bro, brr, err, eth, her, het, hob, hoe, hot, obe, orb, ore, ort, reb, ret, rho, rob, roe, rot, the, tho, toe, tor. | |
-5 letters: be, bo, eh, er, et. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-h-o-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: brothers, throbber. | |
+2 letters: abhorrent, brothered, brotherly, earthborn, throbbers. | |
+3 letters: brothering, heartthrob, hibernator, overbright, shortbread. | |
+4 letters: abhorrently, brotherhood, erythorbate, halterbroke, heartbroken, heartthrobs, hibernators, motherboard, shortbreads, stepbrother, torchbearer. | |
+5 letters: breakthrough, brotherhoods, carbohydrate, erythorbates, erythroblast, halterbroken, harbormaster, interborough, motherboards, mouthbreeder, stepbrothers, thoroughbred, torchbearers, turbocharged, turbocharger, weatherboard, whortleberry. | |
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