blood brother
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editblood brother (plural blood brothers or (obsolete) blood brethren)
- An unrelated male considered to share a brother-like relationship established by a ceremonial sharing of blood in some cultures.
- 2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 241:
- "He is a blood brother and an oath brother of Odin, highest of the gods."
- (by extension) An unrelated male considered to share such a strong relationship generally.
- A brother by blood: a brother-german or half-brother, as distinguished from step-brothers.
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