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2. Noun. (plural of brother) ¹

3. Noun. male siblings ¹

4. Noun. males of negro descent, or supporters of equal rights ¹

5. Noun. persons, particularly males, connected by a common cause or situation ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brothers

1. brother [n] - See also: brother

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brothers

Literary usage of Brothers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Aver- bode Abbey: priests, 82; clerics and novices, 20; lay brothers, 36; of these, 27 priests and 21 lay brothers have been sent to Brazil, and 2 priests ..."

2. Library Journal by Richard Rogers Bowker, Charles Ammi Cutter, American Library Association, Library Association (1877)
"ROBERTS brothers beg to call attention to their Catalogue of Select ... Roberts brothers hare just overcome a similar difficulty in the simplest manner. ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"The brothers was under full sail and perfectly manageable, while the Huntley was under head sails only and was reefing, and in such position she was ..."

4. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"AM brothers, RICHARD (1757-1824), enthusiast, ... He had several brothers and a ... In September 1787 brothers came to London ..."

5. Index to Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends by Mary Huse Eastman (1915)
"See also Six swans; Twelve brothers; Wild swans. Twelve wild geese. Yeats. ... See Two brothers. III. Twin stars. Holbrook. Book of nature myths. James. ..."

6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, William Smith (1862)
"Of these innocent victims of tyranny, none died more lamented than the two brothers of the Quintilian family, Maximus The and ..."

7. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1904)
"Made by the same Great Spirit, and living in the same land with our brothers, the red men, we consider ourselves as of the same family; we wish to live with ..."

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