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BIG BROTHER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A totalitarian leader and invader of privacy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

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

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