foster brother ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a boy brought up with another child of different parents.
Origin of foster brother before 1000; Middle English; Old English fōster brōthor Examples from the Web for foster brother Historical Examples of foster brother
“And that’s a lie,” Gene amended, with the frankness of a foster-brother.
B. M. Bower
The E. Your foster-brother will act as your substitute there.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 February 15, 1890
Various
When he died, the care of the property was confided to Jeanbernat, a foster-brother of the Comte.
J. G. Patterson
He was, as I have already written, my father’s foster-brother.
Raphael Sabatini
Nurse’s son lives on that common: he was papa’s foster-brother.
Mary Martha Sherwood