Plural form of brother, male siblings, persons, particularly males, connected by a common cause or situation

The husband of a sibling of one's mother or father, Used as a form of address for an older man, especially by children, The brother of one's father or mother; also, the husband of one's aunt_ correlative to aunt

Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender, Alone in its class; by itself; not associated with others of the same class or kind, Most suitable of all; superior or excellent, adverb_ Without anyone or anything else; alone, And nothing else or more; merely; just, As recently as