brethren
Americanplural noun
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archaic a plural of brother
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fellow members of a religion, sect, society, etc
Related Words
See brother.
Example Sentences
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Our chickens, on the other hand, are treated abominably, packed in tightly with their germy brethren, raised in squalor, pumped with hormones, and only made clean at the end.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026
Yes, the big four—JPMorgan Chase, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America—are still formidable, but in many cases they’ve been eclipsed, particularly as compensation-making machines, by their private-market brethren and their multigenerational wealth-creating fee structures.
From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025
For years, Tadej Pogacar and his professional cycling brethren had been given promises about this bike-mad pocket of East Africa.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
As Liu learned, if you, a human, eat your distant vegetable brethren, you can get a lot of pipecolic acid in your diet: cucumbers, for example, are high in it.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025
“Apparently,” he said, “apparently our brethren in the Northland are not content merely with the Supreme Court’s activities. They are now trying to change our hymns on us.”
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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