half brother
See also: halfbrother and half-brother
EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Middle English half-brother, equivalent to half- + brother. Cognate with Dutch halfbroer (“halfbrother”), German Halbbruder (“halfbrother”), Danish halvbroder (“halfbrother”), Swedish halvbroder, halvbror (“halfbrother”), Icelandic hálfbróðir (“halfbrother”).
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhæfˈbɹʌðɚ/
NounEdit
half brother (plural half brothers or half brethren)
- A male sibling sharing a single parent, as distinguished from a full brother or brother-german, from a step-brother, or from a brother-like figure such as a blood brother.
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HyponymsEdit
- (a half-brother sharing the same mother): uterine brother; maternal half brother, maternal half-brother
- (a half-brother sharing the same father): paternal half-brother
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male half-sibling
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