twin-brother
(Now usu. as two words.)
[twin a. 3.]
A brother born at the same birth, as one of twins. Also fig. something closely related to or resembling the other thing mentioned.
| 1598 Shakes. Merry W. ii. i. 74 Heere's the twyn-brother of thy Letter: but let thine inherit first, for I protest mine neuer shall. 1727 Swift Wonder of Wonders Wks. 1755 II. ii. 51 He hath..a twin-brother, who lives over against him. 1829 Lytton Devereux i. iii, My twin brother, Gerald, was a tall, strong, handsome boy. 1850 Tennyson In Mem. lxviii, Sleep, Death's twin-brother. |