brothers

nounmale sibling

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noun male sibling

Antonyms for brothers

sister

Word Origin & History

Old English broþor, from Proto-Germanic *brothar (cf. Old Norse broðir, Danish broder, Old Frisian brother, Dutch broeder, German Bruder, Gothic bróþar), from PIE root *bhrater (cf. Sanskrit bhrátár-, Old Persian brata, Greek phratér, Latin frater, Old Irish brathir, Welsh brawd, Lithuanian broterelis, Old Prussian brati, Old Church Slavonic bratru, Czech bratr "brother").

A highly stable word across the Indo-European languages. In the few cases where other words provide the sense, it is where the cognate of brother had been applied widely to "member of a fraternity," or where there was need to distinguish "son of the same mother" and "son of the same father." E.g. Greek adelphos, probably originally an adjective with frater and meaning, specifically, "brother of the womb" or "brother by blood;" and Spanish hermano "brother," from Latin germanus "full 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.

Example Sentences for brothers

So Uncle Peter had to lick her father and two brothers before he could get her away.

"They are as near alike as if they were brothers," he said to himself.

The brothers must be on the watch, and ready to join her at a moment's warning.

Out of three brothers of us, you know, there was but one had courage to marry.

Obviously there had been no serious quarrel between the brothers.

Then the police are their brothers' keepers, and not you and me, Sarah?

For the rest, my brothers used to say that I was the tail and Ongyatasse wagged me.

At any rate, everybody has some brothers or sisters; where are yours, I should like to know?

Don't you recall the two brothers who were always in the same classes with you?

The brothers did not have a particularly pleasant home at Auxonne.

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