foster brother
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of foster brother
before 1000; Middle English; Old English fōster brōthor
Example Sentences
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Her foster brother, Theo, 25, is recording our conversation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
A woman who passed up going to university to care for her autistic foster brother has described how he inspired her to set up her own behavioural therapy centre.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2023
And during Bond’s face-to-face interrogation of his erstwhile foster brother turned international supervillain as head of SPECTRE, Christoph Waltz’s Blofeld dismisses them both as just two old men.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2021
Darshan Bolen, the sixth man and Phil’s cousin and foster brother, said, “Remember, you are the future.”
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2018
My foster brother, Shan, rubbing the sleep from his eyes, bewildered, asking when I would return.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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