bredren
Britishnoun
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a friend or comrade
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a group of friends or comrades
Etymology
Origin of bredren
C20: from a Rastafarian pronunciation of brethren
Example Sentences
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“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
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 Frederick Marryat
"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 Charles Carleton Coffin
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, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life by Louise Clarke Pyrnelle
De preacher's 'n uncommon relijus man, an' de 'speriences uv de bredren is mighty upliftin'.
From A Beautiful Possibility by Edith Ferguson Black
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