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- 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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Big Brother definition: An older brother. Origin of Big Brother Sense 3, after Big Brother, a character in the novel 1984 by George Orwell. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
