Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blood brother

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.80 in modern English

Syllables
blood- broth-er
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unrelated male considered to share a brother-like relationship established by a ceremonial sharing of blood in some cultures.

noun

An unrelated male considered to share such a strong relationship generally.

noun

A brother by blood: a brother-german or half-brother, as distinguished from step-brothers.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

blood brothers (plural) blood brethren (obsolete, plural)

Phrases

blood brotherhood

Synonyms

brother

Questions

What does blood brother mean?
An unrelated male considered to share a brother-like relationship established by a ceremonial sharing of blood in some cultures.

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