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plural noun

fellow members.

Archaic. brothers.

Synonyms
1, 2. See brother.

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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Many of them, no doubt, will follow some of their brethren into private equity firms and hedge fund shops.

Maybe they worry about injuring the delicate sensibilities of our religious brethren and sistern.

Whether these alternative mutual funds offer much more than their staider brethren is another question.

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Many of them, no doubt, will follow some of their brethren into private equity firms and hedge fund shops.

Maybe they worry about injuring the delicate sensibilities of our religious brethren and sistern.

Whether these alternative mutual funds offer much more than their staider brethren is another question.

Evans and a team of researchers have genetically engineered mice that can run twice as far as their unaltered brethren.

They exposed live ones to either the smell of their dead brethren or an ethanol control.

Domestic cats may be thriving as our pets, but their wild brethren need some help.

During fights, males with mates have lower heart rates than their single brethren.

There are already enough regulations on our sector, many more than our non profit brethren.

Life-insurance actuaries are a different bunch from their non-life brethren.

Electric cars may have a way to go, but their two-wheeled brethren are here and kicking butt.

Monogamous men have significantly lower testosterone levels and higher prolactin levels than their single brethren.

No one can say for sure why the prototype and its brethren are drifting apart.

It is difficult to have an enlightened discussion when my brethren and sistren are dying young due to brutalization or suicide.

In negotiations with cities, time and time again, these folks would rather fire their brethren than take a pay cut.

Mandrill behavior is so similar to their savanna brethren.

Even cattle as they mature, learn what is edible in an area from their brethren.

But the systems aren't always in synch, and their flubs can induce headaches as easily as any of their airborne brethren.

The others learn from experience by watching their brethren.

Large agrobusinesses are, to a degree, more financially efficient than their smaller brethren.

Processors lagged several generations behind those of their desktop brethren.

Larger blogs then feed off their slightly smaller brethren.

It's even turning up in the music of our eastern brethren.

The advance group also dies, but the intestine is wide-open for colonization by their brethren.

Literary doctors are as little accustomed to agree on a diagnosis as their medical brethren.

But new research hints that our ape brethren may share our ability to think ahead.

Selkirk and his brethren are unwelcome but necessary participants in the story.

These more modest outfits wince at the criticism their flashier brethren are attracting.

Soon, you and thousands of your closest brethren will begin the third longest overland mammal migration in.

Sure, they do plenty of good-such as keeping their naughty brethren in check, contributing to the world of medicine.

And it turns out mustard plants won't compete with their brethren the way they will with strangers:.

Butternut squash is easier to peel than its more decorative but thicker-skinned brethren.

Tencent would act differently, compared to their state-owned brethren.

The tablet does deviate from its brethren somewhat, but you'll have to spend a little more to see the differences.

Their out-of-work brethren are even more hard pressed to pay for health care.

Our brethren require us to act according to the law''.

Thankfully, this is where your more highly trained brethren come into play.

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noun

a male offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; a male sibling.

Also called half brother. a male offspring having only one parent in common with another offspring.

a stepbrother.

a male numbered among the same kinship group, nationality, race, profession, etc., as another; an associate; a fellow member, fellow countryman, fellow man, etc.: a fraternity brother.

Ecclesiastical.

(often initial capital letter) a male numbered among the lay members of a religious organization that has a priesthood.

a man who devotes himself to the duties of a religious order without taking holy orders, or while preparing for holy orders.

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brothers, all members of a particular race, or of the human race in general: All men are brothers.

Slang. fellow; buddy: Brother, can you spare a dime?

Informal. a black man; soul brother.

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interjection

Slang. (used to express disappointment, disgust, or surprise).

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English brōthor; cognate with Dutch broeder, German Bruder, Old Norse brōthir, Gothic brothar, Sanskrit bhrātṛ, Greek phrā́tēr, Latin frāter, Old Irish bráthair, OCS bratrŭ

Related forms

broth·er·less, adjective

broth·er·like, adjective

Synonyms
1. Brothers, brethren are plurals of brother. Brothers are kinsmen, sons of the same parents: My mother lives with my brothers. Brethren, now archaic in the foregoing sense, is used of male members of a congregation or of a fraternal organization: The brethren will meet at the church.

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World English Dictionary

brethren (ˈbrɛðrɪn)

—*pl n*
1.	archaic a plural of brother
2.	fellow members of a religion, sect, society, etc

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History

brother

O.E. broþor, from P.Gmc. *brothar (cf. O.N. broðir, Dan. broder, O.Fris. brother, Du. broeder, Ger. Bruder, Goth. bróþar), from PIE base *bhrater (cf. Skt. bhrátár-, O.Pers. brata, Gk. phratér, L. frater, O.Ir. brathir, Welsh brawd, Lith. broterelis, O.Prus.

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brati, O.C.S. bratru, Czech brotr "brother"). As a familiar term of address from one man to another, it is attested from 1912 in U.S. slang; the specific use among blacks is recorded from 1973.

brethren

alternative plural of brother (q.v.); predominant c.1200-1600s, but surviving only in religious usage.

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Slang Dictionary

(soul) brother definition

n.
a black person's male, black friend. : Another brother took a fall last night.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia

Brethren

group of Protestant churches that trace their origin to Schwarzenau, Hesse, where in 1708 a group of seven persons under the leadership of Alexander Mack (1679-1735) formed a brotherhood dedicated to following the commandments of Jesus Christ. The brotherhood was shaped by three influences-the Protestant faith in which its organizers had been raised, the Pietist reform movement, and Anabaptist teachings from the 16th century.

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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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