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womb-brother

womb-brother noun: a brother uterine.

Noun

womb-brother (plural womb-brothers or womb-brethren)

  1. A brother uterine.
    • Only womb-brothers could look so much alike, and Thamalon had been present at Tamlin's birth.2012, David Gross, Lord of Stormweather: Sembia: Gateway to the Realms - Book 7
    • Father to son inheritance is a key feature of patrilineal succession but is often absent from matrilineal systems where a man is normally succeeded by the son of his sister or by his own womb-brother.2012, Tim Clarkson, The Picts: A History

Forms of womb-brother

pluralwomb-brothers
pluralwomb-brethren

Origin of womb-brother

From womb + brother.

Questions about womb-brother

What does womb-brother mean?
Womb-brother means a brother uterine.
What part of speech is womb-brother?
Womb-brother is a noun.
What is the plural of womb-brother?
The plural of womb-brother is womb-brothers.

Words near womb-brother in the dictionary

  1. womanwise
  2. womas
  3. womb
  4. womb envy
  5. womb-brethren
  6. womb-brother
  7. womb-brothers
  8. womb-child
  9. wombadelia
  10. wombadelic
  11. womban

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