half-brother
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈhæfˌbrʌðər/
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medio hermano
- My parents divorced, and now I have a half-brother from my father's second marriage.
- older half-brother
- younger half-brother
- year-old half-brother
There's my granddad, then my dad and then my dad's half brother and then me.
- There's my granddad, then my dad and then my dad's half brother and then me.
- And my my older brother is my half brother.
- My first film, Shotgun Stories, follows a feud between two sets of half brothers and the violence escalates.
- So there, there is a bone of contention here between myself and my half brother.
- I had two half brothers, John Bristol from the first marriage and Nicholas second marriage.
- And then I've got a load of halves, half brothers and sisters.
- But if it wasn't up to him and Lil, his half brother, the eagle, he's the serpent.
- It was just something that they were my half brothers and sisters and I wasn't going to leave them, right?
Examples
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After her mom married again, she gained a half-brother who was just a few years younger.
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She always celebrated her birthday with her half-brother, even though they had different mothers.
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I think they were brothers, half brothers in North Carolina, right?
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I had two half brothers, John Bristol from the first marriage and Nicholas second marriage.
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My parents are both dead, and I have a half-brother in New Mexico somewhere.
Fiction book (1997) -
I've got two half sisters and a half brother.
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Washington learned to be determined from his two half-brothers, who had been trained at an English academy.
Academic text (1997) -
One day, we stood in my half-brother's room as he slept.
Fiction book (1999) -
Ben Horowitz, my half-brother, had been searching for me, haunted, for over half a century.
Fiction book (2000) -
The present king, Fahd, is due to be succeeded by his half-brother, Crown Prince Abdullah.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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1.0
A child who shares a parent with another child
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2.8
A person who comes from the same family as you by birth, not by marriage
A person who shares only one parent with a brother or sister
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Half-brother comes from the simple parts half and brother; half means 'part' and brother means 'male sibling', so a half-brother is a brother who shares only one parent.