brother
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Summary
brother is a kinship[1]. brother draws 1,841 Wikipedia views per month (kinship category, ranking #15 of 57).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: sibling[3], brother or male parallel cousin[4]
- Commons category: Brothers[5]
- Opposite of: sister[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Brothers[7]
- Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng[8], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9]
- Has characteristic: male[10]
- Different from: Broer[11], friar[12]
- Wikidata usage instructions: Avoid using with "relative" (P1038), use "sibling" (P3373) instead.[13]
- Hashtag: brother[14]
- Disjoint union of: list of values as qualifiers[15]
- Kinship equivalent in SPARQL at Wikidata: ?person wdt:P3373 ?relative . ?relative wdt:P21 wd:Q6581097[16]
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Influence
Things named for brother include Big Brother[17], a literary character[18]; fraternal organization[19]; Los Pollos Hermanos[20], a fictional fast food restaurant chain[21]; Brother[22], a film[23], directed by Aleksei Balabanov[24]; and Broforce[25], a video game[26].
Why It Matters
brother has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] brother is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]
Entities named for brother include Big Brother[17], a literary character[18]; fraternal organization[19]; Los Pollos Hermanos[20], a fictional fast food restaurant chain[21]; Brother[22], a film[23], directed by Aleksei Balabanov[24]; and Broforce[25], a video game[26].