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(1):

(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.

(2):

(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.

(3):

(n.) One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character.

(4):

(v. t.) To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Brother'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/brother.html. 1828.
 
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