blood brother

noun
1.
a person's brother by birth.
2.
a male person bound to another by ties of great friendship.
3.
something usually associated with or thought to exist inseparably from another thing, quality, circumstance, etc.:
Humility is often the blood brother of patience.
4.
a male established in a close relationship with another male through the performance of a specific ritual, as the commingling of blood.
Origin
1350-1400; Middle English
Related forms
blood brotherhood, noun
British Dictionary definitions for blood brother

blood brother

noun
1.
a brother by birth
2.
a man or boy who has sworn to treat another as his brother, often in a ceremony in which their blood is mingled
Slang definitions & phrases for blood brother

blood brother

noun phrase

A fellow black; blood (1960+ Black)