a blood brother



a blood brother

a man who has promised to treat another man as his brother, often in a ceremony in which they cut themselves and mix their blood together We were blood brothers - I was ready to die for him.
See also: blood, brother

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Narcisonahr-CHEE-so (Italian), nahr-THEE-so (Spanish), nahr-SEE-so (Latin American Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Aracely-Spanish
Zhubin-Persian
Evaristus-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
MalteMAHL-tə (German)Danish, Swedish, German
Earl[ə:l]