BLOOD-BROTHER
blood brother
noun
1.
a person's brother by birth.
2.
a male person bound to another by ties of great friendship.
3.
something usually associated with or thought to exist inseparably from another thing, quality, circumstance, etc.: Humility is often the blood brother of patience.
4.
a male established in a close relationship with another male through the performance of a specific ritual, as the commingling of blood.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English
1350–1400; Middle English
Related forms
blood brotherhood, noun
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| blood brother | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a brother by birth |
| 2. | a man or boy who has sworn to treat another as his brother, often in a ceremony in which their blood is mingled |
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