BIG BROTHER

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IPA (US):

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

1. a totalitarian leader and invader of privacy

2. an older brother

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

• BIG BROTHER (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

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)

 Context examples 

There is one little temporary glitch—Mercury is about to go retrograde from February 16 to March 9, and this period is contained within the same period Mercury’s big brother Mars will tour Capricorn, your income sector, and when you will be psychologically ready to finally spend.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)