half brother

noun

1. brother ( def 2 ).

half-brother

noun

1. the son of either of one's parents by another partner

Word History and Origins

Origin of half brother¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50

Example Sentences

Nina Straight says her half-brother was “a physical coward but not scared of death.”

From The Daily Beast

Cristian Fernandez faces life in prison for allegedly killing his 2-year-old half-brother.

From The Daily Beast

Abdullah elevated its former chief, and his half-brother, Prince Muqrin, to a senior-adviser job.

From The Daily Beast

My stepfather never really accepted me and always treated me differently from my half-brother.

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His half-brother, Ahmed Wali, was gunned down last July by one of his security guards.

From The Daily Beast

His half-brother, Howroyd, gives twice as much, with not a quarter his money.

From Project Gutenberg

The detective in the case told me that they had an older half brother—that their mother had been married before.

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The entertainment of a new and unsuspected half brother—sinister, hey?

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In this and the four following strophes the person alluded to is their half-brother Erp, of whose story nothing more is known.

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I knew perfectly well who you were, whence you came, and what your father's half-brother had done.'

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