Band Definition–noun | 1. | a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop: a band of protesters. | | 2. | Music. | a. | a group of instrumentalists playing music of a specialized type: rock band; calypso band; mariachi band. | | b. | a musical group, usually employing brass, percussion, and often woodwind instruments, that plays esp. for marching or open-air performances. | | | 3. | a division of a nomadic tribe; a group of individuals who move and camp together and subsist by hunting and gathering. | | 4. | a group of persons living outside the law: a renegade band. | –verb (used with object) | 5. | to unite in a troop, company, or confederacy
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. | –verb (used without object) | 6. | to unite; confederate (often fol. by together): They banded together to oust the chairman. | —Idiom | 7. | to beat the band, Informal
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Brother Definition–noun | 1. | a male offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; a male sibling. | | 2. | Also called half brother. a male offspring having only one parent in common with another offspring. | | 4. | a male numbered among the same kinship group, nationality, race, profession, etc., as another; an associate; a fellow member, fellow countryman, fellow man, etc.: a fraternity brother. | | 5. | Ecclesiastical. | a. | (often initial capital letter ) a male numbered among the lay members of a religious organization that has a priesthood. | | b. | a man who devotes himself to the duties of a religious order without taking holy orders, or while preparing for holy orders. | | | 6. | brothers, all members of a particular race, or of the human race in general: All men are brothers. | | 7. | Slang. fellow; buddy: Brother, can you spare a dime? | | 8. | Informal. a black man; soul brother. | –interjection | 9. | Slang. (used to express disappointment, disgust, or surprise). | |
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