intj
Meaning 1
Expressing exasperation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We're being forced to work overtime? Oh, brother!
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intj
Expressing exasperation.
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noun
Son of the same parents as another person.
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noun
A male having at least one parent in common with another person (see half-brother, stepbrother).
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noun
A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.
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noun
A form of address to a man.
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Usage: informal
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noun
A fellow black man.
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Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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noun
Somebody, usually male, connected by a common cause, situation, or affection.
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noun
Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.
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noun
Someone who is a kinsman or shares the same patriarch.
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Usage: poetic
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noun
Title of respect for an adult male member of a religious or fraternal order.
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noun
Title of respect for an adult male member of a fraternal/sororal organization, or comrade in a movement, or even a stranger using fictive kin.
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noun
A title used to personify or respectfully refer to concepts or animals.
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verb
To treat as a brother.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
a male with the same parents as someone else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: blood brother
Antonyms: sister
Broader terms: male sibling
Narrower terms: big brother, little brother, stepbrother, half-brother, half brother
noun
(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address
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Broader terms: monk, monastic
noun
a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group)
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Broader terms: member, fellow member
Narrower terms: Freemason, Mason
noun
used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: comrade
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Broader terms: friend
noun
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: buddy, chum, crony, pal, sidekick
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Broader terms: friend
Narrower terms: cobber
History
PIE word *bhréh2tēr Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhréh2tēr Proto-Germanic *brōþēr Proto-West Germanic *brōþer Old English brōþor Middle English brother English brother Inherited from Middle English broder, brodir, brother, brothir, broþer, broðer, from Old English brōþor, brōþur, brōðer, brōður, from Proto-West Germanic *brōþer, from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr (“brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhréh2tēr (“brother”). Doublet of bhai, bru, frater, friar, pal, and vai. Cognates Cognate with Scots breeder, bridder, brither, broder, brother, bruther (“brother”), Yola brover, brower (“brother”), North Frisian brouder, bruler, Bröđer (“brother”), Saterland Frisian Brour, Brúur (“brother”), West Frisian broer (“brother”), Alemannic German briöder, bruder, brueder, bröder, Brüeder, Brüädär (“brother”), Bavarian pruadar, prueder, pruider (“brother”), Central Franconian Broder (“brother”), Cimbrian pruadar, pruudar (“brother”), Dutch broeder, broer (“brother”), German Bruder (“brother”), German Low German Broor (“brother”), Limburgish broor, Broër (“brother”), Luxembourgish Brudder (“brother; monk”), Mòcheno pruader (“brother”), Vilamovian brüder (“brother”), Yiddish ברודער (bruder, “brother”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish broder, bror (“brother”), Elfdalian bruoðer (“brother”), Faroese and Icelandic bróðir (“brother”), Crimean Gothic bruder (“brother”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌰𐍂 (brōþar, “brother”); also Breton breur (“brother”), Cornish broder (“brother”), Irish bráthair (“brother”), Manx braar (“brother; friar, monk”), Scottish Gaelic bràthair (“brother”), Welsh brawd (“brother”), Latin frāter (“brother; sibling”), Ancient Greek βρά (brá, “brother”), φρᾱ́τηρ (phrā́tēr, “brother, citizen, clansman, kinsman”), Phrygian βρατερε (bratere, “brother”), Lydian 𐤡𐤭𐤠𐤱𐤭𐤳𐤦𐤳 (prafršiš, “brother”), Latgalian bruoļs (“brother”), Latvian brālis (“brother”), Lithuanian brólis (“brother”), Old Prussian brāti, brote (“brother”), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian брат (brat, “brother”), Czech bratr (“brother”), Polish, Slovak, and Slovene brat (“brother”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏т, brȁt (“brother; buddy, mate”), Armenian ապեր (aper), ախպար (axpar), ախպեր (axper), եղբայր (eġbayr, “brother; buddy”), Baluchi برات (barát, “brother”), Central Kurdish and Southern Kurdish برا (bra, “brother”), Northern Kurdish bira (“as a brother”), Ossetian ӕрвад (ærvad), ӕрвадӕ (ærvadæ, “brother”), Pashto ورور (wror, “brother”), Persian برادر (barādar, birādar / barâdar), برار (birār / berâr), وردار (vardâr, “brother; comrade; dude”), Ashkun břa (“younger brother”), Kamkata-viri břo (“brother”), Tregami brā (“brother”), Waigali brā, břā (“brother”), Tocharian A pracar (“brother”), Tocharian B procer (“brother”), Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother; friend”).
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