Noun

(head)

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* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

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* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)

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Noun

(en-noun)

Son of the same parents as another person.

* , chapter=10

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=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 .}}

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

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

* The Bible, Deuteronomy 23:19 (NKJV)

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

(African American Vernacular English) A black male.

* 2013 , Gwyneth Bolton, Ready for Love

But damn if they knew when to just leave a brother alone and let him sulk in silence.

Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.

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