Womb-brother
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Womb-brother is a noun meaning A brother uterine.
Meaning
A brother uterine.
Example Sentences
An Anglican bishop and a Chief Imam could be womb-brothers in Africa.
Only womb-brothers could look so much alike, and Thamalon had been present at Tamlin's birth.
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.
Word Forms
- womb-brothers
- womb-brethren
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include uterine, wombmate, full-brother, co-brother, brother-in-law, brother-german.
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