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Bro

//bɹoʊ// adj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of brown (eye or hair color). abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Brother (a male sibling). slang

    "My mom took my lil' bro to soccer practice now and she wanted me to pick him up."

  2. 2
    Brother (a comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals). slang

    "Bro, you good? You've been lookin' kinda out of it lately."

  3. 3
    Brother, my man, good sir; a friendly term of address for typically men. slang

    "Near-synonym: man"

  4. 4
    A frat boy or someone who espouses the fraternity bro culture. slang
  5. 5
    Someone, usually male, who aggressively evangelizes a person, concept or technology. derogatory, in-compounds, slang, usually

    "Pfeiffer's partners at Pod Save America — the audio outpost of the resistance that had made a collection of Obama Bros niche superstars, had invested as producers in a documentary about the Senate run."

Etymology

Etymology 1

PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Clipping of brother. Compare Danish bror, Norwegian Bokmål bror, Swedish bror.

Etymology 2

* As a North Germanic/Scandinavian topographic surname from either Danish, Norwegian or Swedish bro (“bridge”). * As a French surname, variant of Brault and Breaux. * As an Irish surname, possibly a variant of Broe, Brew.

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