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blood brothers

blood brothers 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 brothers

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

Words near blood brothers in the dictionary

  1. blood boy
  2. blood boys
  3. blood brethren
  4. blood brother
  5. blood brotherhood
  6. blood brothers
  7. blood cancer
  8. blood cancers
  9. blood cell
  10. blood cells
  11. blood chit

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