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HALF-BROTHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does half-brother mean?
• HALF-BROTHER (noun)
The noun HALF-BROTHER has 1 sense:
1. a brother who has only one parent in common with you
Familiarity information: HALF-BROTHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A brother who has only one parent in common with you
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
half-brother; half brother; stepbrother
Hypernyms ("half-brother" is a kind of...):
blood brother; brother (a male with the same parents as someone else)
Context examples
They were half-brothers, only they did not know it.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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