blood brother

noun

1

: a brother by birth

2

: one of two men pledged to mutual loyalty by a ceremonial use of each other's blood

blood brotherhood noun

Examples of blood brother in a Sentence

He would never betray me—he's my blood brother.

Recent Examples on the Web

Trending The Milli Vanilli story is a lot like how Monsters presents Erik and Lyle: two blood brothers trapped in a miserable lie, with nobody to trust except each other, vulnerable but hiding behind a glam facade. —Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2024

Then there’s 21 Lil Harold, who’s opening for Savage on the tour, and TJ, 23, who might as well be his blood brother. —Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023

Not only was Philips instrumental in starting TSMC, but TSMC’s blood brother in chipmaking is now ASML, the photolithography giant based in Veldhoven. Chips, the ones without ketchup, would eventually take the place of umbrellas and Barbie dolls in Taiwan’s economy. —Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023

My actual, blood brother. —Steve Millar, chicagotribune.com, 28 Oct. 2021

Lil Gotit, Render’s blood brother and fellow Atlanta rapper, shared the news on Instagram late Friday evening. —Shirley Ju, Variety, 14 May 2022

Bon, his blood brother, is still determined to kill communists and has no idea that the narrator is one. —Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2021

His blood brother Storm Shadow is also his archenemy. —NBC News, 10 Jan. 2020

All of this – as well as the way race poisons the relation between blood brothers – is baked into his play; the opening performance at APT made clear that Parson is much too good a director to ignore it. —Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1799, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for blood brother

• another
• godmother
• grandmother
• stepbrother
• stepmother
• mother
• nother
• other
• smother
• souther