СВОЙ БРАТ
collNPsing onlyoften
foil. by an appos denoting the class of people in questionwhen used as
obj or (less often) subj,
usu. refers to the class as a wholewhen used as
subj-compl with copula,
nom only (
subj:
human,
usu. refers to a specific individual within that class
fixed WO a person or persons similar to the person or persons specified (by the appositive and/or context) with regard to position, profession, social status, views etc (more often of males): (when used as obj or subj) people (men, guys, fellows etc) like us (me, you etc)
the likes of us (me, you, him, her, them)(
usu. when
foil.by an appos) our (my, your, his, her, their) fellow writers (workers
etc)(in limited contexts) our (my, your, his, her, their) (own) kind (sort)those (people) of our (your, their) ilk(when used as
subj-compl ) one of us (you, them)one of us (you) writers (workers
etc)one of our (your, their) kind (sort)one of our (my, your, his, her, their) fellow writers (workers
etc)our (my, your, his, her, their) fellow writer (worker
etc)(in limited contexts) one of our (your, their) ilk.