Dictionary

Brother en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Title of respect for an adult male member of a religious or fraternal order.
   • Please welcome Brother Smith as he moves from his former congregation to his new congregation.
   • At the monastery, Brother Stephen supervises the kitchen.
2. Title of respect for an adult male member of a fraternal/sororal organization, or comrade in a movement, or even a stranger using fictive kin.
3. A title used to personify or respectfully refer to concepts or animals.
   • The Native American had a kinship with nature, even referring to Mother Earth and Brother Bear.

Forms

Coordinates

Sistren · sistren · sisterhood · Brotherhood · brotherhood · Sisterhood · Sister · brother · Brethren · brethren

Relateds

Mister

Synonyms

Bro · Br.