单词 | womb brother |
释义 | > as lemmaswomb brother womb brother n. a maternal half-brother; (also) a twin brother. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > [noun] > half-brother > by same mother womb brother1647 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (2 Thess. ii. 1) Brethren, womb brethren, as near in nature as is possible. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Herts. 19 Son to Queen Katherine by Owen Theodor, her second husband, womb-brother to King Henry the Sixth. 1866 R. D. Blackmore tr. Herodotus in Cradock Nowell xxvi. 70/1 Adrastus..had been the slayer of his womb-brother. 2005 H. Howell Highland Conquerer xii. 203 My brother Somerled is my twin, my womb brother, and I dinnae think any two siblings can be closer than that. < as lemmas |
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