имя существительное 1) брат Например: big / older brother — старший брат blood brother — кровный, родной брат kid / little / younger brother — младший брат soul brother — брат по духу twin brother — брат-близнец uterine brothers — единоутробные братья sworn brothers — названые братья, побратимы 2) собрат; коллега Например: brother of the brush — собрат по кисти (художник) brother of the quill — собрат по перу (писатель) Синоним(ы): colleague 3) земляк Синоним(ы): compatriot, countryman 4) [множественное число] brethren брат, член религиозного братства; монах Например: Brother Jonathan [шутливое] — янки (прозвище американцев)
noun (plural brothers; also brethren) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English brōthor; akin to Old High German bruodor brother, Latin frater, Greek phratēr member of the same clan 1. a male who has the same parents as another or one parent in common with another 2. one related to another by common ties or interests 3. a fellow member — used as a title for ministers in some evangelical denominations 4. one of a type similar to another 5. a. kinsman b. one who shares with another a common national or racial origin; especially soul brother 6. a. capitalized a member of a congregation of men not in holy orders and usually in hospital or school work b. a member of a men's religious order who is not preparing for or is not ready for holy orders Example: a lay brother