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Meanings of stepbrother in English

Portuguese
meio irmão
Catalan
germanastre
Spanish
hermanastro

A brother who has only one parent in common with you.

        meio irmão

        The son of one's stepfather or stepmother.

              Synonyms
              Examples for "half-brother"
              Examples for "half-brother"
              1
              His relations with his young half-brother Jack has not been happy, either.
              The new yorker
              2
              Suave is a Lonhro half-brother to Group 1 winners Hauraki and Kidnapped.
              News.com.au
              3
              She was the mother of Gunnar and Högni and their half-brother Guttorm.
              The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths
              4
              Questor was Meeks's half-brother, a wizard as well, albeit a lesser talent.
              Wizard at Large
              5
              Poor dear father had a half-brother who was lots older than he.
              Janice Day, the Young Homemaker
              Usage of stepbrother in English
              1
              Interviewing your stepbrother could easily eliminate him from the persons-of-interest list altogether.
              Don't cry
              2
              This man in the hotel dining room could not be his stepbrother.
              Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman
              3
              The stepbrother and James had not been on terms of effusive cordiality.
              Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)
              4
              Fenneben's only a stepbrother and the West made a man of him.
              A Master's Degree
              5
              The woman was Mary Giancana, Mooney's stepmother, and Charley was his stepbrother.
              The outfit: the role of chicago's underworld in the shaping of m...
              6
              I trust you left Mr. Anderton and my stepbrother and sisters well?
              Halcyone
              7
              There was also a note from Colonel Newcome's stepbrother, Bryan, as follows:
              Boys and Girls from Thackeray
              8
              Yoko, several years older than her stepbrother, had watched all this and seethed.
              The favorites: a novel
              9
              Whatever trouble her stepbrother was in, they'd help him get out of it.
              Don't cry
              10
              No, but you're the one who put Audrey's stepbrother on your persons-of-interest list.
              Don't cry
              11
              The present occupant of the Waller mansion is a stepbrother of Stephen Waller's.
              Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman
              12
              I have a stepfather and stepbrother, neither of whom I like.
              Making His Way; Or, Frank Courtney's Struggle Upward
              13
              The assistant principal was his stepbrother in that small world of Eustis, Florida.
              The warmth of other suns: the epic story of america's great migr...
              14
              Her stepbrother appeared to have sobered up after his drinking binge last night.
              Don't cry
              15
              His gut instincts told him that Audrey's stepbrother was hiding something.
              Don't cry
              16
              What must that have felt like, having your stepbrother do that to you?
              Flawless
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              Translations for stepbrother
              Portuguese
              meio irmão
              Stepbrother through the time
              Stepbrother across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Common