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big brother
noun
an elder brother.
(sometimes initial capital letters)a man who individually or as a member of an organized group undertakes to sponsor or assist a boy in need of help or guidance.
(usually initial capital letters)the head of a totalitarian regime that keeps its citizens under close surveillance.
(usually initial capital letters)the aggregate of officials and policy makers of a powerful and pervasive state.
Citizens Band Radio Slang.a police officer or police car.
Big Brother
noun
a person, organization, etc, that exercises total dictatorial control
a television gameshow format in which a small number of people living in accommodation sealed off from the outside world are constantly monitored by TV cameras. Viewers vote each week to expel a person from the group until there is only one person left, who wins a cash prize
Word History and Origins
Origin of big brother1
Word History and Origins
Origin of big brother1
Example Sentences
With Pages’ family still in Cuba, Hernández has become a big brother as well as a teammate, taking him out for dinner on off days or just getting together to play video games.
Jobe could then face his big brother for the first time in a competitive match and have the chance to really make a name for himself.
“He knows better than to talk about the things that he’s done with big brother Puff on national television,” Combs said later in the Kimmel interview, adding, “Everything ain’t for everybody.”
Archie had been overjoyed at the arrival of Finley almost two months earlier, wanting to feed him and change his nappies, maturing overnight into a proper big brother.
It was, as Bates and several others around the team have since described it, the start of a “big brother, little brother” relationship between the two sluggers.
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When To Use
A big brother can be an older male, related or not, who protects a younger person.Big Brother (usually uppercase) also refers to an omnipresent, usually governmental authority that monitors everyone's every move.How is Big Brother pronounced?[ big bruhth-er ]
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