bredren

British  

/ ˈbrɛdrɪn /

noun

1. a friend or comrade

2. a group of friends or comrades

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Etymology

Origin of bredren

C20: from a Rastafarian pronunciation of _brethren

Example Sentences

“Bringing that badass beat to Bilbao baby. All the love to @nathalieemmanuel my girl never leaves a bredren in da club.”

From Time • Oct. 31, 2016

Oh! yer'll wish yo cood bore fer wat-r dar! but day's no water dar, an de deeper yer go, Oh, my bredren, de deeper it git!

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Kentucky Narratives by Work Projects Administration

"My bredren, I want to raise cotton, and I'm gwine."

From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Coffin, Charles Carleton

And now you see, my dear bredren, how unpossible to go to heaven, with all the faith in the world, without charity.

From Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 by Marryat, Frederick

An', my bredren, takin' in de sistren, I've talked ter yer, an' I've tol' yer uv de goodness an' de long-suff'rin' uv de Lord.

From Diddie, Dumps & Tot or, Plantation child-life by Pyrnelle, Louise Clarke