Brother: alternatives and connections

A roommate, especially in a college or university; an old and intimate friend.

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A crone.

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One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate ass…

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A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.

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A monk.

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A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a…

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A mate; a partner; esp., an accomplice or confederate.

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One of an ancient and secret association or fraternity, said to have been at first composed of masons or builders in stone, but now consisting of per…

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A brother by one parent, but not by both.

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One whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also, one who prepares stone for building purposes.

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A brother by the marriage of one's father with the mother of another, or of one's mother with the father of another.

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The state of being brothers or a brother.

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The state of being brothers or a brother.

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The state of being brothers or a brother.

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The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood.

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A fellowship or fraternity; a brotherhood.

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A mate, companion, or associate.

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