Citations:milk-brother
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English citations of milk-brother
Noun: "alternative spelling of milk brother"[edit]
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- 2004 — Satish Chandra, Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals, Volume 2, Har-Anand Publications (2006), →ISBN, 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, 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, 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.