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blood brother
(redirected from Blood Brothers)

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blood brother
n.
1. A brother by birth.
2. One of two individuals who vow mutual fidelity and trust by a ceremony involving the mingling of each other's blood.

blood brotherhood n.

blood brother
n
1. a brother by birth
2. a man or boy who has sworn to treat another as his brother, often in a ceremony in which their blood is mingled
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.blood brotherblood brother - a male with the same parents as someone else; "my brother still lives with our parents"
big brother - an older brother
little brother - a younger brother; "my little brother just had his 50th birthday"
male sibling - a sibling who is male
half brother, half-brother, stepbrother - a brother who has only one parent in common with you
2.blood brother - a male sworn (usually by a ceremony involving the mingling of blood) to treat another as his brother
ally, friend - an associate who provides cooperation or assistance; "he's a good ally in fight"
Translations
blood brother nfratello di sangue
blood brother nfratello di sangue


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``(Villaraigosa) didn't hire Bratton either and you would think the two were blood brothers these days.
Father Elias Chacour's classic book, Blood Brothers, (available from the AET Book Club) was a best-seller among those attending, who also picked up copies of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.
Only seemingly, because nuance and ambiguity creep in anyway, as the avenging loyalists incarnated by Jimmy Wang Yu (The One-Armed Swordsman [1966]) and Ti Lung (The Blood Brothers [1973]) become increasingly nihilistic and conflicted, and even David Chiang, the impishly smiling, sometimes lute-strumming hero of so many films, acquires intimations of a psychopathic edge.
 
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