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( brothers plural )
The old-fashioned form brethren is still sometimes used as the plural for meanings 2 and 3.

1       n-count   Your brother is a boy or a man who has the same parents as you.
oft poss N
Oh, so you're Peter's younger brother..., Have you got any brothers and sisters?
  →   half-brother
  →   stepbrother

2       n-count   You can describe a man as your brother if he belongs to the same race, religion, country, profession, or trade union as you, or if he has similar ideas to you.
usu poss N
He told reporters he'd come to be with his Latvian brothers.

3 n-title; n-count; n-voc Brother is a title given to a man who belongs to a religious community such as a monastery.
...Brother Otto., ...the Christian Brothers community which owns the castle.

4 n-in-names Brothers is used in the names of some companies and shops.
...the film company Warner Brothers...

Big Brother
People sometimes use Big Brother to refer to a person, government, or organization when they think it has complete control over people and is always checking what they do.      n-uncount
  (disapproval)    It's an attempt to control what reaches the public. Big Brother is watching.

blood brother ( blood brothers plural ) , blood-brother A man's blood brother is a man he has sworn to treat as a brother, often in a ceremony which involves mixing a small amount of their blood. n-count

brother-in-law ( brothers-in-law plural ) Someone's brother-in-law is the brother of their husband or wife, or the man who is married to their sister. n-count usu poss N

half-brother ( half-brothers plural ) Someone's half-brother is a boy or man who has either the same mother or the same father as they have. n-count

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