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

James began locking himself in his bedroom and tape-recording his efforts to sound masculine, repeating words like “bredren” and “boss.”

From The New Yorker

Bredren and sisters, is der a man or a woman in de soun' o' my voice as 'ould 'cept his free papers on de terms as Brudder Walley offers—at de price of a brudder's life an' a sister's happiness?

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Bredren and sisterin, and companions dear, Our preachment for to-day, as you shall hear, Will be ob de creation,—ob de plan On which God fashioned Adam, de fust man.

From Project Gutenberg

Like one who in the mud is tightly stuck, Or one nonplussed, astonished, thunderstruck, The preacher looked severely on the pews, And rubbed his hair to know what words to use: "Bredren," said he, "dis word I hab to say; De preacher can't be bothered in dis way; For, if he is, it's jest as like as not, Our whole theology will be upsot."

From Project Gutenberg