| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| Big Brother | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person, organization, etc, that exercises total dictatorial control |
| 2. | a television gameshow format in which a small number of people living in accommodation sealed off from the outside world are constantly monitored by TV cameras. Viewers vote each week to expel a person from the group until there is only one person left, who wins a cash prize |
| [C20: after a character in George Orwell's novel 1984 (1949)] | |
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