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(n)
An unrelated male considered to share a brother-like relationship established by a ceremonial sharing of blood in some cultures.
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A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
A friend or casual acquaintance.
(dated) A friend; a pal.
A mate, companion, or associate.
(chiefly in the plural, also figuratively) A companion; a comrade.
(informal, originally Cambridge University) A close friend.
(informal) An assistant to another person, especially to a superior or more important person.
(colloquial) A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with.
(adj)
Standing in relation or connection.
being connected or associated
A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with.
A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).
The son of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.
The brother of one's spouse.
(adv)
In the manner of a sister, behaving as one would expect of a sister; as a sister, as sisters.
One's male offspring.
A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).
Alternative spelling of bra (“brother, friend”). [An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts.]
brother
(slang) Brother (a male sibling).
Of or characteristic of brothers.
A fraternal twin.
A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one
An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.
(UK, Canada, chiefly Cockney, MLE, MTE, Australia, slang) Brother, mate, friend.
(chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.
(US) dude, man. (Usually used vocatively).
An adult male human.
A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
A male child.
(Australian Aboriginal) Used as a general intensifier; a pfella.
A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
British and Canada spelling of savior.
A title of a friar or monk: brother.
Alternative form of homie. [(African-American Vernacular) Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown.]
A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.
A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.
(colloquial) A man or boy; a fellow.
(derogatory) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
(informal) A cousin (usually as a term of address, but not necessarily towards one's cousin).
(countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
(countable) A noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; a brawl, a fight; also, a loud quarrel.
Trouble, inconvenience.
The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.
(US, slang) Term of address for a close, usually male, friend.
(uncountable) The act or process of breathing.
Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
(informal) A child, adolescent, or (loosely) a young adult.
A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
(usually uncountable, slang) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the "bud"), or marijuana generally.
(countable) A male given name from Hebrew.
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
A male given name.
A state in the Mountain West region of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Helena. Largest city: Billings.
A census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States, named after Cato Sells.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one
A language family, a subfamily of Niger-Congo, spoken in the Sahel and the African savanna
Joined with another or others and having lower status.
(collectively) Persons of the same race or family; kindred.
A male relative.
(informal, colloquial) A friend.
A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
A person who co-operates with or helps another; an associate; a friend.
A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic, or sexual bond.
A group of people supporting the same thing or person.
A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies
The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
One’s female offspring.
(in the narrow sense) The husband of one's biological mother after her initial marriage to or relationship with one's biological father.
A city in Deschutes County, Oregon.
A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).
A father of someone's parent.
A son of one's child.
A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.
A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
The son of one's spouse from a previous relationship.
A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
Alternative spelling of fiancée. [(formal, somewhat dated) A woman who is engaged to be married; the woman to whom one is engaged.]
(N)
A sibling is one of two or more individuals having one or both parents in common.
Alternative spelling of fiancé. [A man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended.]
(informal) A stepfather.
A mother of someone's parent.