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br'er

br'er
B b

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [brur, brair; Southern Dialect bur]
    • /brɜr, brɛər; Southern Dialect bɜr/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [brur, brair; Southern Dialect bur]
    • /brɜr, brɛər; Southern Dialect bɜr/

Definitions of br'er word

  • noun br'er brother: usually prefixed to a name 3
  • abbreviation BR'ER brother 3
  • abbreviation BR'ER brother. 1
  • noun br'er Abbreviation of brother. 0

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Origin of br'er

First appearance:

before 1875
One of the 25% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1875-80

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Br'er

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

br'er popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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