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Big Brother

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Noun

1. big brother

an authoritarian leader and invader of privacy

2. big brother

an older brother

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Big Brother

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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. Viewers vote each week to expel a person from the group until there is only one person left, who wins a cash prize

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Big Brother

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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

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Big Brother

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n.
1. An older brother.
2. A man who assumes the role of an older brother, as by providing guidance or protection.
3.
a. also Big Brother An omnipresent, seemingly benevolent figure representing the oppressive control over individual lives exerted by an authoritarian government.
b. A state, organization, or leader regarded in this manner.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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