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brethren

[breth-rin]

plural noun

  1. fellow members.

  2. Archaic.brothers.



brethren

/ ˈɛðɪ /

plural noun

  1. archaica plural of brother

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

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At the end of the block, a decadelong vendor of Grand Central Market found its own brick-and-mortar location and is, like its former food-hall brethren, greatly affected by the week’s loss of business.

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And rethinking rights could also allow us to increasingly understand our animal brethren, in a kind of virtuous circle.

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He’s one of the well-heeled German Jews who left Europe early and look down on their ghetto brethren.

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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.

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In 1888, when it was already of Social Security age, the newest landowner, a Mr. Saunders, moved it and two of its brethren to ornament the entrance to the Southern Pacific’s Arcade train depot.

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