milk brother
Shared wet nurse
Two males who nursed from the same woman but aren't biological brothers.
The term appears in cultures where wet-nursing created recognized kinship bonds—in Islamic tradition, milk siblings cannot marry.
The relationship implies a brotherhood forged through shared nourishment rather than blood: In the old tales, the prince and his milk brother were inseparable.
- wet nurseBreastfeeds another's child
- siblingBrother or sister
- foster siblingGuardian's other ward
- relationshipConnection between entities
- shared heritageJointly owned cultural inheritance
surrogate mother · lactation · maternity · nursing · breastfeeding · adoptive sibling · boyfriend · milksop · family · cousin · extended family · trust · sibling-in-law · nursling · foster care · nurture · attachment · nursling
milk brotherstranger
Person not yet known
adopted brother · sworn brother · stepbrother · brother-in-law
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