today, this day / nowadays

engagement, a promise to marry

sworn elder brother / (gay slang) older male in a homosexual relationship

a small hawk / a male hawk / musket, male sparrowhawk

(archaic) a noblewoman who is elder sister to another one in her family

elder brothers and sisters; elder sibling

older paternal half brother

(archaic, women's speech) an intimate form of address for a male by a female: "my brother"

several tens

generalist; jack of all trades