Verified AnswerDefinition
| • | A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a half brother, or brother of the half blood. |
| • | One related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil, suffering, etc.; -- used among judges, clergymen, monks, physicians, lawyers, professors of religion, etc. |
| • | One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character. |
| • | To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood. |