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half-brother

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half-brother
n
the son of either of one's parents by another partner
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.half-brother - a brother who has only one parent in common with you
half brother, stepbrother
blood brother, brother - a male with the same parents as someone else; "my brother still lives with our parents"
Translations
half-brother [ˈhɑːfˌbrʌðəʳ] N → medio hermano m, hermanastro m
half-brother [ˈhɑːfˌbrʌðəʳ] n → fratellastro
half-brother [ˈhɑːfˌbrʌðəʳ] n → fratellastro


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Her half-brother had now ample means again, but what with debts and what with new madness wasted them most fearfully again.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
My lord the king, my half-brother, had a brother born at the same birth, and of the same woman.
King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
So it came about that the only enemies the princes found were each other and Engwade, the son of Unandi, Chaka's half-brother.
Nada The Lily by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
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