Is it the gamete we want, or is it one of its lesser brothers?
The idea that a shepherd, or the lesser brother of a bishop, could out-wit a king, is quite subversive.
Here one of the great master trees of this dwindling forest had fallen in some storm, taking with it several lesser brothers and sisters.
And the residents expected protection from their lesser brethren in crime.
Clearly we have the lesser brother on our side.
Each god also has a champion Greater Daemon, who are much larger and horrendously more powerful than their lesser brethren.
They live for the fear and respect of their lesser brethren, gained by their ferocious power.
What, down here, could have overcome so formidable a fighter as his lesser brother?
"Even strengthened by our lesser brothers and the magelings, I fear they would anger Shadowdale more than harm it."
The 1300 Marathon was distinguishable from its lesser brethren by the foglights mounted in the grille.