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foster brother

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noun

a boy brought up with another child of different parents.

Origin of foster brother

before 1000; Middle English; Old English fōster brōthor

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Examples from the Web for foster brother

Historical Examples of foster brother

"And that's a lie," Gene amended, with the frankness of a foster-brother.
Good Indian
B. M. Bower
The E. Your foster-brother will act as your substitute there.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 February 15, 1890
Various
When he died, the care of the property was confided to Jeanbernat, a foster-brother of the Comte.
A Zola Dictionary
J. G. Patterson
He was, as I have already written, my father's foster-brother.
The Strolling Saint
Raphael Sabatini
Nurse's son lives on that common: he was papa's foster-brother.
The Fairchild Family
Mary Martha Sherwood