Brotha vs. Brother — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Brotha and Brother
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Brotha
"Brotha" is a song by American singer Angie Stone, which appears on her second studio album, Mahogany Soul (2001). It was written by Stone along with Raphael Saadiq, Harold Lilly, Glenn Standridge and Robert C. Ozuna, while production was overseen by Saadiq and Jake and the Phatman.
Brother
A brother is a man or boy who shares one or more parents with another. The female counterpart is a sister.
Brotha
Pronunciation spelling of brother
Brother
A male having the same parents as another or one parent in common with another.
Brother
A kinsman.
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Brother
A fellow man.
Brother
A fellow member, as of a fraternity, trade union, or panel of judges on a court.
Brother
A close male friend; a comrade.
Brother
A fellow African American man or boy.
Brother
Pl. also brethren Something, such as a corporation or institution, that is regarded as a member of a class
“A station that ... relies on corporate contributions or advertising to survive runs the risk of becoming virtually indistinguishable from its commercial brethren” (W. John Moore).
Brother
Abbr. Br. or Bro. A lay member of a religious order of men.
Brother
Pl. also brethren A fellow member of the Christian church.
Brother
Son of the same parents as another person.
Brother
A male having at least one parent in common with another (see half-brother, stepbrother).
Brother
A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.
Thank you, brother.
I would like to thank the brother who just spoke.
Brother
(informal) A form of address to a man.
Listen, brother, I don't know what you want, but I'm not interested.
Brother
(AAVE) A black male.
Brother
Somebody, usually male, connected by a common cause, situation, or affection.
Brother
Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.
Brother
(poetic) Someone who is a kinsman or shares the same patriarch.
Brother
(transitive) To treat as a brother.
Brother
Expressing exasperation.
We're being forced to work overtime? Oh, brother!
Brother
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.
Two of us in the churchyard lie,My sister and my brother.
Brother
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.
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers,For he to-day that sheds his blood with meShall be my brother.
Brother
One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character.
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
That April mornOf this the very brother.
For of whom such massacreMake they but of their brethren, men of men?
Brother
To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood.
Brother
A male with the same parents as someone else;
My brother still lives with our parents
Brother
A male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion of other group);
None of his brothers would betray him
Brother
A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
Brother
Used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement;
Greetings, comrade!
Brother
(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address;
A Benedictine Brother
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