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half brother
half-brother
noun
- the son of either of one's parents by another partner
Word History and Origins
Origin of half brother1
Example Sentences
Nina Straight says her half-brother was “a physical coward but not scared of death.”
Cristian Fernandez faces life in prison for allegedly killing his 2-year-old half-brother.
Abdullah elevated its former chief, and his half-brother, Prince Muqrin, to a senior-adviser job.
My stepfather never really accepted me and always treated me differently from my half-brother.
His half-brother, Ahmed Wali, was gunned down last July by one of his security guards.
His half-brother, Howroyd, gives twice as much, with not a quarter his money.
The detective in the case told me that they had an older half brother—that their mother had been married before.
The entertainment of a new and unsuspected half brother—sinister, hey?
In this and the four following strophes the person alluded to is their half-brother Erp, of whose story nothing more is known.
I knew perfectly well who you were, whence you came, and what your father's half-brother had done.'
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