brethren

[breth-rin]

plural noun

1. fellow members.

2. Archaic.,  brothers.

brethren

/ ˈbrɛðrɪn /

plural noun

1. archaic,  a plural of brother

2. fellow members of a religion, sect, society, etc

Synonym Study

See brother.

Example Sentences

Just like the North Star and all its whirling, starry brethren, a person’s idea of where “home” is remains in perpetual motion, one’s whole life long.

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Black American slaves, it was often said in defense of slavery, were better fed and housed than their unenslaved brethren in Africa.

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Even as its Big Tech brethren collect AI equipment, Apple is sticking to its rather asset-light ways.

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The league, as leagues do, will maintain this is still an emerging business that cannot approach the finances of the NBA and its brethren.

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There’s not too much of this kind of gay cliché, though Mr. Heizer is required to make his character an obvious target among his macho “brethren,” some of whom—shockingly—may be gay themselves.

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Related Words

• relative 
• twin