bredder

English

Etymology

Combination of brethren/bredrin and brother, or simply bredrin +‎ -er.

Noun

bredder (plural bredders)

1. (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”, in 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

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

1. indefinite plural of bred (“bank”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /brɛːˀdər/, [ˈb̥ʁæˀd̥ɐ]

Noun

bredder c

1. indefinite plural of bredde (“breadth”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bredder m

1. indefinite plural of bredde

bredder m or f

1. indefinite plural of bredd

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bredder f

1. indefinite plural of bredd

Swedish

Noun

bredder

1. indefinite plural of bredd