womb-brother

noun

A brother uterine.

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Meanings

nounwomb-brother (plural womb-brothers or womb-brethren)

plural womb-brothers · plural womb-brethren

  1. A brother uterine.

    An Anglican bishop and a Chief Imam could be womb-brothers in Africa.

    2015, Robert J. Schreiter, Mission in the Third Millennium
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    Only womb-brothers could look so much alike, and Thamalon had been present at Tamlin's birth.

    2012, David Gross, Lord of Stormweather: Sembia: Gateway to the Realms - Book 7

    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.

    2012, Tim Clarkson, The Picts: A History

Origin

From womb + brother.

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APA

womb-brother. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womb-brother

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“womb-brother.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womb-brother. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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