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Origin of half brotherMiddle English word dating back to 1300–50 Words nearby half brotherhalf boot, half-bottle, half-bound, half-breadth plan, half-breed, half brother, half buck, half-buried, half-bushel, half-butt, half cadence Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for half brotherNina Straight says her half-brother was “a physical coward but not scared of death.” Gore Vidal’s Tragic Final Decade|Tim Teeman|November 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST Cristian Fernandez faces life in prison for allegedly killing his 2-year-old half-brother. Fla. May Put 13-Year-Old Away for Life; Supreme Court Says Not So Fast|Eliza Shapiro|October 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST Abdullah elevated its former chief, and his half-brother, Prince Muqrin, to a senior-adviser job. The Return of Prince Bandar: Saudi’s New Spy Chief|Bruce Riedel|July 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST My stepfather never really accepted me and always treated me differently from my half-brother. A Father’s Day Transgender Surprise|Maria M. Chico|June 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
His half-brother, Ahmed Wali, was gunned down last July by one of his security guards. Hamid Karzai Tells The Daily Beast That U.S. Night Raids Must End|Ron Moreau, Sami Yousafzai|January 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST Rivers their uncle was beheaded; so were their half-brother Grey and many more of their mother's kinsmen and friends. The Children of Westminster Abbey|Rose G. Kingsley When Washington inherited it from his half-brother, Lawrence, it was a story-and-a-half hunting lodge of eight rooms. If You're Going to Live in the Country|Thomas H. Ormsbee and Richmond Huntley Fancy a man so old-looking, and crippled, being even Robert's half-brother. This he said turning to his wife's half-brother; and then again he turned to the old man. John Caldigate|Anthony Trollope The following letter is to her half-brother Hippolyte, who used to be Casimir's drinking companion. George Sand, Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings|Rene Doumic
British Dictionary definitions for half brother
nounthe son of either of one's parents by another partner Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |