Definition of Blood brother

1. Noun. A male with the same parents as someone else. "My brother still lives with our parents"

Exact synonyms: Brother
Specialized synonyms: Big Brother, Little Brother, Half Brother, Half-brother, Stepbrother
Generic synonyms: Male Sibling
Derivative terms: Brotherly
Antonyms: Sister

2. Noun. A male sworn (usually by a ceremony involving the mingling of blood) to treat another as his brother.
Generic synonyms: Ally, Friend

Definition of Blood brother

1. Noun. A brother by birth. ¹

2. Noun. Someone bound to another person in commitment and friendship by a ceremonial mingling of blood. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blood Brother

blood-wit
blood-wite
blood agar
blood albumin
blood and guts
blood and tommy
blood bactericidal activity
blood bank
blood banks
blood bath
blood baths
blood berry
blood bin
blood bins
blood blister
blood brother (current term)
blood brotherhood
blood brothers
blood calculus
blood cancer
blood catecholamine
blood cell
blood cell count
blood cells
blood circulation
blood circulation time
blood clam

Literary usage of Blood brother

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

1. Philosophy of Law by Josef Kohler, Adalbert Albrecht (1914)
"... and especially a series of important legal consequences may thus follow; as, for instance, if a blood-brother is privileged to refuse his testimony, ..."

2. Indermaur & Thwaites' Student's Guide to the Law of Real & Personal Property by John Indermaur, Charles Thwaites (1904)
"... (d) As to personalty, the whole blood and the half-blood of the same degree take together; but, as to realty, the half-blood brother by the same father ..."

3. Junior High School Literature by William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck (1922)
"Young Christy Grahame is thus forced to choose between fighting his blood-brother or his own father. What does he do? 4. Decide who is speaking in each ..."

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