bro
noun
a brother.
bro
1 American
[broh, bruh]
/ broʊ, brʌ /
Sometimes
bruh
noun
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bros
plural
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a brother.
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a guy or fellow: used as a term of address.
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a male friend or buddy.
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a fellow Black male; soul brother.
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a young, usually white male variously and often negatively characterized as being preppy, party-loving, egotistical, sexist, etc.
adjective
bro.
2
American
Or
Bro.
abbreviation
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bros,
plural
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Bros
plural
bro
1
British
/ brəʊ /
noun
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a family member
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a close associate
bro
2
British
/ bruː /
noun
bro.
3
British
/ brəʊ /
abbreviation
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Etymology
Origin of bro
First recorded in 1830–40; reduced form of brother
Example Sentences
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"I wasn't into gym culture - I wasn't a big gym bro or anything," he explains.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Keep your appointment and find out what’s beneath the bro talk.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Why are you so stuck up like that, bro?’
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
Donald Gibb, the actor who played the hulking fraternity bro Ogre in “Revenge of the Nerds” and Ray “Tiny” Jackson in “Bloodsport,” has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
Yet when straight men treated him like a bro, he felt a familiar sense of disorientation.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
Liam "Gatsby" Blackwell, once of Towie, wrote "miss you already brother," while Ex on the Beach's Brandon Myers said: "Lost for words bro. Amazing memories with you mate."
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
“It’s hectic, bro. People charging $40 for a hat. Y’all are scammy.”
From Slate ● May 30, 2024
Bieber, a former roommate of King’s, reposted a photo of the two to Instagram, writing “Love you bro. This one hurts. Please keep his family in your prayers. See you in paradise brother.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
“We deserve to have these goodies in reach, bro. Remember, we almost died for these greens!”
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2024
“That’s it, bro. That’s where I am right this second, in my office. The guys are just cleaning up after breakfast. We had frozen waffles. You remember our frozen-waffle mornings?”
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
Then, with a postpandemic vibe shift, came the brands wanting Gillis and his bros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
They next gained traction with longevity bros, the men who try to use their financial and technological resources to age as slowly and live as long as possible.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
When certain stocks have been rising for a while, all sorts of “Number Go Up” bros and fund managers jump on board, driving them even higher.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
A New York Times reviewer noted that the authors seemed to be channeling “a few elite finance and tech bros in two or three coastal cities.”
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
But we’re Plutos, bros from the same foster home, and we don’t turn our backs on each other.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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