Definition of Half-brother

1. Noun. A brother who has only one parent in common with you.

Exact synonyms: Half Brother, Stepbrother
Generic synonyms: Blood Brother, Brother

Definition of Half-brother

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of half brother) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Half-brother

half-back
half-baked
half-ball
half-birthday
half-birthdays
half-blood
half-blooded
half-boot
half-boots
half-bound
half-brained
half-break
half-bred
half-breed
half-brethren
half-brother (current term)
half-brothers
half-caste
half-castes
half-cell
half-cells
half-century
half-chair form
half-chance
half-clothed
half-cock
half-cocked
half-court line
half-court violation
half-cousin

Literary usage of Half-brother

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1888)
"His brother Maurice and his half- brother Robert ... His mediation with Prince Rhys rescued his half- brother, ..."

2. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1908)
"SO, j S. "This ought to be twice; for the half-brother has one chance in two, ... The chance of the half-brother is therefore twice better than ..."

3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1847)
"The children of a half-brother or half-sister are 22. Second Cousins. The children of cousins are second cousins; as half-cousins to each other; ..."

4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1916)
"as she had inherited from her full brother would be shared by her half-brother, together with the surviving full brothers and sisters, for the half-brother ..."

5. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1914)
"Taking only the two primary crosses of line- breeding, ie, the crossing of half brother and sister, sired by the same dog, and half brother and sister, ..."

6. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, William Draper Lewis (1902)
"As, in the first degree, the whole brother of John Stiles is sure to be descended from that unknown ancestor; his half-brother has only an even chance, ..."

7. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1899)
"He is not inheriting from his half-brother; he is inheriting from his father. On the other hand, if the elder son acquires seisin, all is altered. ..."

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