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English translation: not your parents' son, but the son of a person that one of your parents has married

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English term or phrase:	step brother
English translation:	not your parents' son, but the son of a person that one of your parents has married
Entered by:	Kim Metzger

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21:20 Feb 23, 2005

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English term or phrase: Step Brother and Half Brother

Brother (including Step/Half Brother)

Rafaqat Dogar KudoZ activity Questions: 38 (none open) Answers: 71
Local time: 18:39

Dictionary definitions

Explanation:
stepbrother
noun {C}
not your parents' son, but the son of a person that one of your parents has married
Compare half-brother.
half-brother
noun {C}
a brother who is the son of only one of your parents

http://www.freesearch.co.uk/dictionary/half-brother

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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 12:39

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Thanks a lot
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +12

Dictionary definitions

Kim Metzger

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Maria Chmelarova

3 -1

existing son of your parent's new partner vs. new son of your father's (less)-new partner

Angela Dickson

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1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +12

step brother and half brother

Dictionary definitions

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 12:39
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 80

Grading comment

Thanks a lot

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

step brother and half brother existing son of your parent's new partner vs. new son of your father's (less)-new partner

Explanation:
there must be a better way of putting this...

Step-brother: a 'ready-made' brother, acquired (for example) when your father marries again after he has divorced your mother (the step-brother is the son of this new woman).

Half-brother: different from step-brother because the relationship is not *created* by the subsequent marriage. For example, if my father marries again after divorcing my mother, and THEN has a son by his new wife, then this son is my half-brother.

I hope this is helpful... it's quite confusing to try to explain...

Angela Dickson
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:39
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

6 hrs confidence:

step brother and half brother >>>

Explanation:
step-brother: a son of one's stepparent by a former marriage
half-brother: a brother related through one parent only

Maria Chmelarova
Local time: 13:39
Native speaker of:

Slovak

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