Definition of "brother" []

• A male having the same parents as another or one parent in common with another. (noun)
• One who shares a common ancestry, allegiance, character, or purpose with another or others, especially: (noun)
• A kinsman. (noun)
• A fellow man. (noun)
• A fellow member, as of a fraternity, trade union, or panel of judges on a court. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Scripture frequently inculcates: e.g. a brother is to be admonished privately, publicly, &c., not for the gaining of our private interests, advantages, &c., but for _the gaining of our brother_, that his soul and conscience may be gained to God and to his duty, and he be reformed,"
• ""Her _brother_!" said Benjamin Wright; "Sam, my boy, he isn't her brother.""
• "It will be seen that John Snoggs can say to Joseph Bloggs, "You are my _father's brother-in-law_, because my father married your sister Kate; you are my _brother's father-in-law_, because my brother Alfred married your daughter Mary; and you are my _father-in-law's brother_, because my wife Jane was your brother Henry's daughter.""