(1):
(n.) One related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil, suffering, etc.; - used among judges, clergymen, monks, physicians, lawyers, professors of religion, etc.
(2):
(n.) A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a half brother, or brother of the half blood.
(3):
(n.) One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character.
(4):
(v. t.) To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood.
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