Brother-german

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  sibling \sib"ling\ [sub + -ling.] (s[i^]b"l[i^]ng), n.
     a brother or a sister.
  
     Note: Siblings have at least one parent in common. Those
           related only by a common mother are {uterine siblings};
           those related only by a common father are {agnate


           siblings} or {consanguine siblings} (a legal term). A
           sibling having both parents in common is a
           {sibling-german} or a {full brother} or {full sister}.
           These modifying terms are more commonly used for the
           more specific {uterine brother}, {uterine sister},
           {agnate brother}, {brother-german}, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Brother \Broth"er\ (br[u^][th]"[~e]r), n.; pl. {Brothers}
     (br[u^][th]"[~e]rz) or {Brethren} (br[e^][th]"r[e^]n). See
     {Brethren}. [OE. brother, AS. br[=o][eth]or; akin to OS.
     brothar, D. broeder, OHG. pruodar, G. bruder, Icel.
     br[=o][eth]ir, Sw. & Dan. broder, Goth. br[=o][thorn]ar, Ir.
     brathair, W. brawd, pl. brodyr, Lith. brolis, Lett. brahlis,
     Russ. brat', Pol. & Serv. brat, OSlav. bratr[u^], L. frater,
     Skr. bhr[=a]t[.r], Zend bratar brother, Gr. fra`thr, fra`twr,
     a clansman. The common plural is {Brothers}; in the solemn
     style, {Brethren}, OE. pl. brether, bretheren, AS. dative
     sing. br[=e][eth]er, nom. pl. br[=o][eth]or, br[=o][eth]ru.
     [root]258. Cf. {Friar}, {Fraternal}.]
     1. A male person who has the same father and mother with
        another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter
        case he is more definitely called a {half brother}, or
        {brother of the half blood}.
  
     Note: A brother having the same mother but different fathers
           is called a {uterine brother}, and one having the same
           father but a different mother is called an {agnate
           brother}, or in (Law) a {consanguine brother}. A
           brother having the same father and mother is called a
           {brother-german} or {full brother}. The same modifying
           terms are applied to {sister} or {sibling}.
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                 Two of us in the churchyard lie,
                 My sister and my brother.          --Wordsworth.
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     2. One related or closely united to another by some common
        tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a
        society, toil, suffering, etc.; -- used among judges,
        clergymen, monks, physicians, lawyers, professors of
        religion, etc. "A brother of your order." --Shak.
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              We few, we happy few, we band of brothers,
              For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
              Shall be my brother.                  --Shak.
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     3. One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive
        qualities or traits of character.
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              He also that is slothful in his work is brother to
              him that is a great waster.           --Prov. xviii.
                                                    9.
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              That April morn
              Of this the very brother.             --Wordsworth.
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     Note: In Scripture, the term brother is applied to a kinsman
           by blood more remote than a son of the same parents, as
           in the case of Abraham and Lot, Jacob and Laban. In a
           more general sense, brother or brethren is used for
           fellow-man or fellow-men.
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                 For of whom such massacre
                 Make they but of their brethren, men of men?
                                                    --Milton.
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     {Brother Jonathan}, a humorous designation for the people of
        the United States collectively. The phrase is said to have
        originated from Washington's referring to the patriotic
        Jonathan Trumbull, governor of Connecticut, as "Brother
        Jonathan."
  
     {Blood brother}. See under {Blood}.
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