brover

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English brother, from Old English brōþor, from Proto-West Germanic *brōþer. Cognate with Cockney English bruvver.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɾuːˈviː/, /bɾuːˈwiː/

Noun

brover

  1. brother
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Sank Joan is oor brover.
      St. John is our brother.

References
  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 28
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