bredder
English
Etymology
Combination of brethren/bredrin and brother, or simply bredrin + -er.
Noun
bredder (plural bredders)
- (Caribbean, Jamaica and MLE) brother or bredrin; a close male friend or associate.
- 1985, Amon Saba Saakana, Blues Dance: A Novel, Zed Books
- The bredder was stabbing them bloodclaath Babylon, wid blood all over him face, an when I man made an effort, I got one lick in mi head, an I find the strength from Jah, mi a tell yo, an bring down mi piece of pipe on de likkle bloodclaath […]
- 2007, Fran Marscher, Remembering the Way It Was: More Stores from Hilton Head, Bluffton and Daufuskie, The History Press, →ISBN, page 100:
- No, Suh, Bredder, da cornder ain' swag over none tall. Yet, Bredder, uh tink e swag ober leetle.
- 2007, Dizzie Rascal, "Sirens" on Maths + English
- We was on a robbing spree, I forgot to mention Clayton
- Was this bredder rolling with us, he was scared and it was blatant
- 1985, Amon Saba Saakana, Blues Dance: A Novel, Zed Books
Synonyms
- akhi, akh
- bredrin, bredren
- bruv
- mate
Danish
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /brɛðər/, [ˈb̥ʁæðɐ]
Noun
bredder c
- indefinite plural of bred (“bank”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /brɛːˀdər/, [ˈb̥ʁæˀd̥ɐ]
Noun
bredder c
- indefinite plural of bredde (“breadth”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
bredder m
- indefinite plural of bredde
bredder m or f
- indefinite plural of bredd
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
bredder f
- indefinite plural of bredd
Swedish
Noun
bredder
- indefinite plural of bredd.