- (n.) One who or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character.
- (n.) 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.
- (v.t.) To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood.
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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