BRETHREN

Definition of BRETHREN

  1. (noun)a male with the same parents as someone else
  2. (noun)a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group)
  3. (noun)a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
  4. (noun)used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement
  5. (noun)(plural) the lay members of a male religious order