BIG BROTHER


Meaning of BIG BROTHER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1844

1. : an older brother

2. : a man who serves as a companion, father figure, and role model for a boy

3. capitalized both Bs

[ Big Brother, personification of the power of the state in 1984 (1949) by George Orwell]

a. : the leader of an authoritarian state or movement

b. : an all-powerful government or organization monitoring and directing people's actions

data banks that tell Big Brother all about us — Herbert Brucker

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.