Brewer's: 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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