Big Brother (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. an elder brother.
  2. a man who individually or as a member of an organized group undertakes to sponsor or assist a boy in need of help or guidance.
  3. the head of a totalitarian regime that keeps its citizens under close surveillance.
  4. the aggregate of officials and policy makers of a powerful and pervasive state.
  5. a police officer or police car.
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
Big Brother (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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