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BIG BROTHER

Pronunciation (US):

• BIG BROTHER (noun)
The noun BIG BROTHER has 2 senses:

1. an authoritarian leader and invader of privacy
2. an older brother

Familiarity information: BIG BROTHER used as a noun is rare.

• BIG BROTHER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An authoritarian leader and invader of privacy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Big Brother" is a kind of...):

authoritarian; dictator (a person who behaves in an tyrannical manner)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

An older brother

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("big brother" is a kind of...):

blood brother; brother (a male with the same parents as someone else)

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