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Exerciser of total control over people's lives
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big brother
Word definitions for big brother in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Big Brother is the British version of the international reality television created by producer John de Mol in 1997. The show follows a number of contestants, known as housemates, who are isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 unwarranted, invasive, and discreet surveillance, especially of a people by its government 2 Any omnipresent figurehead representing oppressive control
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"ubiquitous and repressive but apparently benevolent authority" first recorded 1949, from George Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four."
Usage examples of big brother.
And her over-protective big brother could be paying us a visit any minute.
I will only be your big brother instead of your big sister, and that only so that no one disturbs us as we walk along.
Perhaps it's too late to play big brother now, but I promised to be your friend.