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Meaning of womb-brother | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A brother uterine.

Examples

Only womb-brothers could look so much alike, and Thamalon had been present at Tamlin's birth.”
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.”
“An Anglican bishop and a Chief Imam could be womb-brothers in Africa.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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