51³Ō¹Ļ

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whole brother

noun

  1. a brother whose parents are the same as one's own.


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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of whole brother1

Middle English word dating back to 1350ā€“1400
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Failing a son, a Hinduā€™s obsequies may be performed by his widow; or in default of her, by a whole brother or other heirs; but according to the conception belonging to the subject, not with the same benefit as by a son.

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His first act was to take the duchy of Bavaria from Henry, and bestow it on Leopold, the Marquis of Austria, his own half-brother, and whole brother to Bishop Otto, the historian.

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There is something pathetic here which tempts one to dream that, if Edmund had been whole brother to Edgar, and had been at home during those 'nine years' when he was 'out,' he might have been a very different man.

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Blanche thought it rather silly and tiresome of Ishmael to keep on at it; surely he could leave that clumsy brother of hisā€”for the first time the realisation that John-James actually was whole brother to Ishmael flashed into her mindā€”and wander away somewhere with her!

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The Prince of Leiningenā€”the Queen's half- brother in blood, but whole brother in heartā€”died, to her great grief; and soon after there passed away her beloved aunt, the Duchess of Gloucester, a good and amiable woman, and the last of the fifteen children of George the Third and Queen Charlotte.

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