"milk brother" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: milk brothers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} milk brother (plural milk brothers)
  1. A male milk sibling. Categories (topical): Breastfeeding, Male family members Synonyms: milk-brother Translations (male milk sibling): frère de lait [masculine] (French), Milchbruder [masculine] (German), دۄدٕ بوے (dọdụ bōē) [masculine] (Kashmiri), collactius (Latin), conlacticius (Latin), collacteus (Latin), collacticius (Latin), conlactius (Latin), collactaneus (Latin), conlacteus (Latin), hermano de leche (Spanish)

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