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Brother German
A real brother. (Latin, germanus, of the same stock;
germen, a bud or sprout.)
“Te in germani fratris dilexi loco.” —Terence Andria, I. 5,
58.
A uterine brother is a brother by the mother's side only. (Latin,
uterinus, born of the same mother, as “frater uterius,” uterus.)
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