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Definition of "foster-brother" [foster-brother]

  • A male child nursed at the same breast as another, or reared by the same person, but not the offspring of the same parents. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "foster-brother" in a sentence
  • "Baxters, whose son was employed with his foster-brother, Charles Clairmont, in Constable's publishing house at Edinburgh."
  • "My older, more hyper, crazier dog, Ajax, mounts his foster-brother Boston when he's feeling vulnerable; it appears to reassure him."
  • ""My prince and my foster-brother," said the maimed man."