broette

English

Etymology

PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr

bro +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

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Noun

broette (plural broettes)

1. (slang) A female comrade or friend.
   • 2009, Claude T. Stauffer, Stay the Course and Stick with the True Gospel‎^[1], Xulon Press, →ISBN, page xxiv:

     And if you're not a bro or broette in the Lord, we'd love to tell you how you can become one.

   • 2012, "The First Annual Squatties", The Botetourt Squat (satirical newspaper of the College of William & Mary), Volume 2, Issue 6, 27 April 2012, page 8:

     Shout out to the amazing bros and broettes who live every goddamn day with the super-wonderful company of their Greek friends!

   • 2014 April 17, Brianne Richson, “Iowa City's divided soul”, in The Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, page 4A:

     […] in roughly equal measure to the species of college bro and broette more likely to be found in a bar across the street.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:broette.

Synonyms

• brosephine, dudette, ladybro, sister