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frère

American  
[frer] / frɛr /

noun

French.

plural

frères
  1. brother.

  2. a fellow member of an organization.

  3. friar; monk.


Example Sentences

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Observers have seen Bloom’s rabbi as a self-portrait, but it would be more accurate to view that figure as the artist’s alter ego, his spiritual frère.

From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2013

Come, Benjamin, put your arm around me and we shall be comfortably one, mon semblable—mon frère!

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2011

What do you know about it, mon semblable, mon frère?

From Time Magazine Archive

"What would you——" "Shall I show you, mon frère?"

From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Murray, Charles Theodore

O frère de la Mort, que tu m’es ennemi!

From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir