Helen Fenton

Brother german: Definition and part of speech

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Brother german

  1. A brother by both the father’s and mother’s side, in contradistinction to a uterine brother, one by the mother only.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Brotherhood: Definition and part of speech

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Brotherhood

  1. n. Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind.
  2. n. The state of being brothers or a brother.
  3. n. An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity.
  4. n. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, — especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Brother-in-law: Definition and part of speech

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Brother-in-law

  1. n. The brother of one’s husband or wife; also, the husband of one’s sister; sometimes, the husband of one’s wife’s sister.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Brotherly: Definition and part of speech

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Brotherly

  1. adv. Like a brother; affectionately; kindly.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to brothers; such as is natural for brothers; becoming to brothers; kind; affectionate; as, brotherly love.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.