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    Big Brother

    noun

    • 1. a person or organization exercising total control over people's lives: "Big Brother will be watching you from this week when spy cameras start to operate in Essex"
    • 2. a member of a voluntary organization founded in 1925 which provided foster care for young British immigrants to Australia: historical Australian "he had the honour to be a Big Brother to one of them"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMeaning of Big Brother in English - Cambridge Dictionary

    Big Brother definition: 1. a way of referring to a government, ruler, or person in authority that has complete power and…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › big brotherBig brother Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    noun. 1. : an older brother. 2. : a man who serves as a companion, father figure, and role model for a boy. 3. Big Brother [Big Brother, personification of the power of the state in 1984 (1949) by George Orwell] a. : the leader of an authoritarian state or movement.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › big-brotherBIG BROTHER Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    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.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishBIG BROTHER definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    noun. 1. a person, organization, etc, that exercises total dictatorial control. 2. 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.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › big+brotherBig brother - definition of big brother by The Free Dictionary

    Big brother can mean an older brother, a protector, or a dictator. Learn the origin, usage, and synonyms of this phrase from various dictionaries and sources.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › english-wordBIG BROTHER - Find out everything about this English word |...

    Definitions of 'big brother' 1. one's older brother. [...] 2. US; [often B- B-] a man who undertakes the role of friend and mentor to a disadvantaged boy, as through a social agency. [...] 3. [usually B- B-] the state or some other organization regarded as ruthlessly invading the privacy of individuals in seeking to exercise control over them.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › big-brotherBig Brother - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

    Definition of Big Brother noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.