little brothern.

Brit.

/ˌlɪtl ˈbrʌðə/, U.S.

/ˌlɪd(ə)l ˈbrəðər/

Forms: see little adj., pron., n., and adv. and brother n. and int.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: little adj., brother n.

Etymology: < little adj. + brother n. In sense 2 and Compounds b after big brother n. 2c.

a. A younger brother. Cf. little adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > [noun] > younger brother

little brotherOE

cadet1610

brotherkin1827

kid brother1895

kiddy brother1963

OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 16 Frater broðor, fraterculus lytel broðor.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 147 My goode moder wher is my litil broder Absirthyus.

?a1518 H. Watson Ualentyne & Orson (1555) xxv. sig. X.ii^v To the ende that with Charlemayn their lytell brother they might do their wil disordinate.

1595 W. Allen et al. Conf. Next Succession Crowne of Ingland iii. 61 Richard Duke of Glocester..did put to death his two nephewes..to wit, king Edward the fifth and his litle brother.

1657 tr. F. de Quevedo Life & Adventures of Buscon 82 They are both Theeves and Murderers, one of them kill'd my Mother, and a little Brother that I had.

a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1710) ii. 9 My [sc. Elizabeth I's] Father was the Churches Head, So was my little Brother Ned.

1799 J. Austen Let. 22 Jan. (1995) 38 Our own particular little brother got a place in the coach last night.

1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians II. xii. 93 Your brother and mine are gone to see our little brother at his school at the Chartreux.

1896 J. M. Barrie Margaret Ogilvy ii. 27 She was eight when her mother's death made her mistress of the house and mother to her little brother.

1955 J. Kerouac Let. 12 Oct. in Sel. Lett. 1940–56 (1995) 523 Everybody in Texas gets high now, her little brothers and sisters and even old farmers have it growing in their backyards and call it loco weed.

1987 B. Duffy World as I found It (1990) 68 Her ability to kid her little brother out of his moods.

2003 C. Birch Turn again Home ii. 21 This girl, her little brother comes to meet her at the gates when they clocked off.

b. figurative and in figurative contexts.

ΚΠ

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. vi. 140 These Antiquities are little preludes to those of Tschehel-minar... The place where they are, ought to be called the little Brother of Tschehel-minar.

1784 Wit's Mag. May 178/1 My little brother Bombast..has certainly done nearly as much harm to the poetical, as Enthusiasm has to the religious world.

1852 Christian Reformer Mar. 152 The big brother of the Establishment may be encouraged or allowed to browbeat the little brother of Dissent.

1936 Discovery May 147/2 The classroom film is the little brother of the formal documentary.

2005 Time Out N.Y. 22 Sept. 129/1 I Should Coco identified the group as the rollicking little brothers in the Britpop family.

2. A British or Irish youth who emigrated to Australia under the auspices of the Big Brother Movement (see big brother n. Compounds). Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > migrant > [noun] > emigrant

transmigrant1622

transmigrator1743

emigrant1754

top-cast1827

emigrator1837

exodist1848

out-settler1852

little brother1925

out-migrant1936

emigré1955

1925 Times 4 July 16/5 A boy who has gone out as a Little Brother may not only look to one Big Brother for help and guidance, but also to all wearers of the emblem.

1959 E. Webb Mark of Sun 101 Any British boy could migrate to Australia as a Little Brother.

1984 Canberra Times 9 July 8/1 There are over 100,000 ex-‘Little Brothers’, their families, friends and other supporters living in Australia.

2010 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 15 Dec. 69 In September 1962 I was 15, a ‘Little Brother’, sponsored by the Big Brother Movement.

Compounds

General attributive.

a. With the senses ‘consisting of or relating to young or less senior people’, ‘related but less well-established or important’, as little brother club, little brother organization, etc.

ΚΠ

1902 Typographical Jrnl. (Indianapolis) 15 Apr. 345/1 The dues of our ‘little brother’ society are $1 a month.

1912 Youth's Compan. 12 Dec. 687/2 That lad is now a member of one of the three Little Brother Clubs of New York.

1913 School & Home Educ. Sept. 11/2 When it comes to religious training, we need..opportunities for big and little brother associations and Dorcas societies.

1922 First Ann. Rep. Jewish Board of Guardians 44 During the past year this department organized several Little Brother clubs in various parts of the city under the leadership of Big Brothers.

1924 Boys' Life Nov. 31/1 Ivan Zoldoff..had..shouldered the responsibility of carrying the dispatches on this occasion to his staunch little brother organization.

1966 Eng. Jrnl. 55 111/1 The American newspaper and..its ‘little brother’ counterpart, the scholastic student newspaper.

2009 L. Armstrong in J. Wilcockson Lance (2010) xxii. 366 She was working for First Descent, a little-brother organization of ours.

b. With the sense ‘engaged in monitoring, reporting on, or controlling people's behaviour, especially in a relatively informal or unofficial way’, as little brother society, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > informing on or against > [adjective]

promoting1596

peachingc1625

snitching1819

little brother1962

whistle-blowing1971

1962 Times 25 Apr. 11/6 ‘Little brother’ organizations [in Cuba] formed mostly of young people whose task is keeping an eye on and reporting all suspicious activities within the house, block of flats, school, office or down the street.

1978 Future of Risk (Risk Stud. Foundation) 210 We are creating a ‘little brother’ society in which a large number of competing bureaucracies try to force particular, often contradictory, behaviors on people and institutions.

2005 S. Lace Glass Consumer iv. viii. 211 The rise of the little brother society does create a need for greater awareness..of the importance of personal information.

2006 R. Whitaker in K. D. Haggerty & R. V. Ericson New Politics Surveillance & Visibility vi. 145 The Little Brother surveillance society had demonstrated its technological potential.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	little brother
释义	little brothern. Brit. /ˌlɪtl ˈbrʌðə/, U.S. /ˌlɪd(ə)l ˈbrəðər/ Forms: see little adj., pron., n., and adv. and brother n. and int. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: little adj., brother n. Etymology: < little adj. + brother n. In sense 2 and Compounds b after big brother n. 2c. 1. a. A younger brother. Cf. little adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > [noun] > younger brother little brotherOE cadet1610 brotherkin1827 kid brother1895 kiddy brother1963 OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 16 Frater broðor, fraterculus lytel broðor. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 147 My goode moder wher is my litil broder Absirthyus. ?a1518 H. Watson Ualentyne & Orson (1555) xxv. sig. X.ii^v To the ende that with Charlemayn their lytell brother they might do their wil disordinate. 1595 W. Allen et al. Conf. Next Succession Crowne of Ingland iii. 61 Richard Duke of Glocester..did put to death his two nephewes..to wit, king Edward the fifth and his litle brother. 1657 tr. F. de Quevedo Life & Adventures of Buscon 82 They are both Theeves and Murderers, one of them kill'd my Mother, and a little Brother that I had. a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1710) ii. 9 My [sc. Elizabeth I's] Father was the Churches Head, So was my little Brother Ned. 1799 J. Austen Let. 22 Jan. (1995) 38 Our own particular little brother got a place in the coach last night. 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians II. xii. 93 Your brother and mine are gone to see our little brother at his school at the Chartreux. 1896 J. M. Barrie Margaret Ogilvy ii. 27 She was eight when her mother's death made her mistress of the house and mother to her little brother. 1955 J. Kerouac Let. 12 Oct. in Sel. Lett. 1940–56 (1995) 523 Everybody in Texas gets high now, her little brothers and sisters and even old farmers have it growing in their backyards and call it loco weed. 1987 B. Duffy World as I found It (1990) 68 Her ability to kid her little brother out of his moods. 2003 C. Birch Turn again Home ii. 21 This girl, her little brother comes to meet her at the gates when they clocked off. b. figurative and in figurative contexts. ΚΠ 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. vi. 140 These Antiquities are little preludes to those of Tschehel-minar... The place where they are, ought to be called the little Brother of Tschehel-minar. 1784 Wit's Mag. May 178/1 My little brother Bombast..has certainly done nearly as much harm to the poetical, as Enthusiasm has to the religious world. 1852 Christian Reformer Mar. 152 The big brother of the Establishment may be encouraged or allowed to browbeat the little brother of Dissent. 1936 Discovery May 147/2 The classroom film is the little brother of the formal documentary. 2005 Time Out N.Y. 22 Sept. 129/1 I Should Coco identified the group as the rollicking little brothers in the Britpop family. 2. A British or Irish youth who emigrated to Australia under the auspices of the Big Brother Movement (see big brother n. Compounds). Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > migrant > [noun] > emigrant transmigrant1622 transmigrator1743 emigrant1754 top-cast1827 emigrator1837 exodist1848 out-settler1852 little brother1925 out-migrant1936 emigré1955 1925 Times 4 July 16/5 A boy who has gone out as a Little Brother may not only look to one Big Brother for help and guidance, but also to all wearers of the emblem. 1959 E. Webb Mark of Sun 101 Any British boy could migrate to Australia as a Little Brother. 1984 Canberra Times 9 July 8/1 There are over 100,000 ex-‘Little Brothers’, their families, friends and other supporters living in Australia. 2010 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 15 Dec. 69 In September 1962 I was 15, a ‘Little Brother’, sponsored by the Big Brother Movement. Compounds General attributive. a. With the senses ‘consisting of or relating to young or less senior people’, ‘related but less well-established or important’, as little brother club, little brother organization, etc. ΚΠ 1902 Typographical Jrnl. (Indianapolis) 15 Apr. 345/1 The dues of our ‘little brother’ society are $1 a month. 1912 Youth's Compan. 12 Dec. 687/2 That lad is now a member of one of the three Little Brother Clubs of New York. 1913 School & Home Educ. Sept. 11/2 When it comes to religious training, we need..opportunities for big and little brother associations and Dorcas societies. 1922 First Ann. Rep. Jewish Board of Guardians 44 During the past year this department organized several Little Brother clubs in various parts of the city under the leadership of Big Brothers. 1924 Boys' Life Nov. 31/1 Ivan Zoldoff..had..shouldered the responsibility of carrying the dispatches on this occasion to his staunch little brother organization. 1966 Eng. Jrnl. 55 111/1 The American newspaper and..its ‘little brother’ counterpart, the scholastic student newspaper. 2009 L. Armstrong in J. Wilcockson Lance (2010) xxii. 366 She was working for First Descent, a little-brother organization of ours. b. With the sense ‘engaged in monitoring, reporting on, or controlling people's behaviour, especially in a relatively informal or unofficial way’, as little brother society, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > informing on or against > [adjective] promoting1596 peachingc1625 snitching1819 little brother1962 whistle-blowing1971 1962 Times 25 Apr. 11/6 ‘Little brother’ organizations [in Cuba] formed mostly of young people whose task is keeping an eye on and reporting all suspicious activities within the house, block of flats, school, office or down the street. 1978 Future of Risk (Risk Stud. Foundation) 210 We are creating a ‘little brother’ society in which a large number of competing bureaucracies try to force particular, often contradictory, behaviors on people and institutions. 2005 S. Lace Glass Consumer iv. viii. 211 The rise of the little brother society does create a need for greater awareness..of the importance of personal information. 2006 R. Whitaker in K. D. Haggerty & R. V. Ericson New Politics Surveillance & Visibility vi. 145 The Little Brother surveillance society had demonstrated its technological potential. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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