brover

Yola

Alternative forms

• brower

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbroːvər/, /ˈbrəʊ̯ər/

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