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half brother
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| half brother
n. A brother to whom one is biologically related through one parent only. |
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| half brother | |
noun | |
| a brother who has only one parent in common with you [syn: stepbrother] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈhalf-brother, *ˈhalf-sister nouns
a brother or sister by one parent only
Example: My father has been married twice, and I have two half-brothers.
See also: at half mast, by half, do things by halves, half-back, half-caste, half-wit, half-and-half, half-hearted, half-holiday, half-hourly, half-term, half-time, half-way, half-witted, half-yearly, go halves with, half, half past three, four, seven, half-, halve, in half, not half, "half brother" in any languageExample: My father has been married twice, and I have two half-brothers.
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