Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A brother on both the father's and the mother's side; a full brother.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Law) A brother by both the father's and mother's side, in contradistinction to a
uterine brother , one by the mother only.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
brother born of the sameparents with hersibling
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Examples
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Now the sisterhood had an uncle, brother-german to their sire and his name was Abd al-Kaddús, or Slave of the Most Holy; and he loved the eldest with exceeding love and was wont to visit her once a year and do all she desired.
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Kynnore, and brother-german of George Earl of Rothes, had a charter of the King's lands of Parkhill in Fife, 24th March 1537.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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Miss MacDonald had gone from Sky to Milton in South Uist in order to visit her brother-german, who had about that time taken up house.
The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.) James Pringle Thomson
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General Assembly, 29th December 1563, that Mr. Andrew Johnstone, brother-german _to umquhill Mr. William Johnstone_, required process for reduction of the sentence pronounced by umquhill James [Beaton]
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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James Campbell, brother-german to the Earle of Argyll 200
An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America 1893
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Master James Campbell, brother-german to the Earle of Argyle 500
An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America 1893
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John Forbes, brother-german to Samuell Forbes of Fovrain, conform to one deputation by Captain James
An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America 1893
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John Forbes, brother-german to Samuell Forbes of Fovrain, deputed by the said Samuell Forbes 1000
An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America 1893
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This Joseph, as the scripture witnesseth, was his uncle, and this evil king was brother-german of King Fisherman, and brother of the good King Pelles that had abandoned his land, in order that he might serve God, and brother of the Widow Lady that was Perceval's mother, the most loyal that was ever in Great Britain.
The High History of the Holy Graal Anonymous 1869
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Now the sisterhood had an uncle, brother-german to their sire and his name was Abd al-Kaddús, or Slave of the Most Holy; and he loved the eldest with exceeding love and was wont to visit her once a year and do all she desired.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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