Citations:milk-brother

Noun: "alternative spelling of milk brother"

 * 2004 — Satish Chandra, Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals, Volume 2, Har-Anand Publications (2006), ISBN 9788124110645, page 108:
 * After his success at Surat, Akbar appointed Khan-i-Azam Aziz Koka, a favorite who was his milk-brother, as governor of Gujarat,
 * 2004 — Mark Mazower, Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims, and Jews, 1430-1950, Vintage Books (2006), ISBN 9780375727382, page 65:
 * When well-off Muslim families employed Jewish and Christian servants and milk-nurses, the children of the families intermingled and the boys often became "milk-brothers," a relationship which could endure for many years.
 * 2006 — Delia Cortese & Simonetta Calderini, Women and the Fatimids in the World of Islam, Edinburgh University Press (2006), ISBN 0748617329, page 82:
 * Also, as milk-brother of the future ruler, the son of a wetnurse would be well placed to bask one day in his milk-brother's power.