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blood brethren

blood brethren is the plural of blood brother.

Meaning of blood brother

Noun

blood brother (plural blood brothers or (obsolete) blood brethren)

  1. An unrelated male considered to share a brother-like relationship established by a ceremonial sharing of blood in some cultures.
    • "He is a blood brother and an oath brother of Odin, highest of the gods."2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 241
  2. (broadly) An unrelated male considered to share such a strong relationship generally.
  3. A brother by blood: a brother-german or half-brother, as distinguished from step-brothers.

Questions about blood brethren

What is blood brethren the plural of?
Blood brethren is the plural of blood brother.

Words near blood brethren in the dictionary

  1. blood blisters
  2. blood box
  3. blood boxes
  4. blood boy
  5. blood boys
  6. blood brethren
  7. blood brother
  8. blood brotherhood
  9. blood brothers
  10. blood cancer
  11. blood cancers

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