noun. Plural form of brother.

noun. male siblings

noun. males of negro descent, or supporters of equal rights

noun. persons, particularly males, connected by a common cause or situation

"There is no crime against them31 (if they speak unveiled) to their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their brothers’ sons, or their sisters’ sons, or their women, or what their right hands possess; but let them fear God, —verily, God is witness over all."

brethren  

druthers  mothers  others  smothers