单词 | brother-german |
释义 | brother-germann. 1. A man or boy having the same biological parents as another; a full brother. N.E.D. (1888) remarks: ‘Early writers also used it as = “brother on the mother's side, brother-uterine”’; however, no evidence for this usage has been found. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > [noun] > whole brother brother-german1340 whole brotherc1400 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 146 Broþer germayn of uader and of moder. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 89 (MED) Tweie breþeren germayns [L. fratres germani] stryve for a pond þat hadde plente of fische. ?a1425 (a1400) Brut (Corpus Cambr.) 293 Carol þe grete, King of Fraunce, broþer Germayne of quene Isabelle, King Edwardus Moder. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin viii. 122 Thei be men of high lynage, and be bretheren germain. 1580 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 324 Alexander Ruthven, brother german to William, Lord Ruthven. 1632 L. Anderton tr. E. Campion Campian Englished 163 On our side was Satyrus, a brother-germaine [L. germanus frater] to Ambrose. 1687 T. Brown Diary 3 Jan. (1898) 42 Robert Morisone..did ryve and cancel a lre. of translatione qch he granttit and subscryved to James Morisone, his brother german, of David M'Clellane's band. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at German A Brother German is a Brother both by the Father's and Mother's side. 1819 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 19 June Eldest son of the deceased Mr. Francis Home, advocate, brother-german of George Home of Wedderburn. 1930 K. E. Innes & M. R. Brailsford tr. M. Granet Chinese Civilization ii. i. 155 Blood is subdivided and is lost: only two brothers-german can possess the same blood. 1992 L. Rocher in A. W. van den Hoek et al. Ritual, State & Hist. in S. Asia 643 The passage refers to the fact that a half brother inherits after a brother german but before a brother german's son. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > [noun] > half-brother > by same father brother consanguinean1731 brother-german1866 1866 J. F. McLennan in Fortn. Rev. 15 Apr. 575 One is reminded..of the special love and tenderness felt by Joseph for his brother Benjamin, ‘his mother's son’... How cold by comparison was his feeling for his brothers-german? 1882 A. Macfarlane Anal. Relationships Consanguinity & Affinity 8 I use the term brother-german, to denote brother on the father's side, following McLennan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1340 |
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