"half-brother" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-half-brother.wav Forms: half-brothers [plural], half-brethren [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|half-brethren}} half-brother (plural half-brothers or half-brethren)
  1. Alternative spelling of half brother Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: half brother Categories (topical): Male family members, Siblings
    Sense id: en-half-brother-en-noun-pjkSvmYL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "form": "half-brothers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "half-brethren",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "s",
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      },
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "word": "half brother"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Male family members",
          "orig": "en:Male family members",
          "parents": [
            "Family members",
            "Male people",
            "Family",
            "Male",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Siblings",
          "orig": "en:Siblings",
          "parents": [
            "Family members",
            "Family",
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative spelling of half brother"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "half brother",
          "half brother#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "half-brother"
}
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    {
      "form": "half-brothers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "half-brethren",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
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      },
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "half brother"
        }
      ],
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Male family members",
        "en:Siblings"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of half brother"
      ],
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        [
          "half brother",
          "half brother#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "half-brother"
}

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