broider
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of broider
1400–50; late Middle English, variant of browder, Middle English broide ( n ), browde ( n ) (past participle, taken as infinitive of braid ( def. ) ) + -er 6
Example Sentences
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The following was the chant:— "I say, broder, you can't go yet."
From Tom Cringle's Log by Scott, Michael
Yes, I tink I am your broder 'cos you is my sister.
From Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Rip van Winkle by Burke, Charles
An' onder de flag of Angleterre, so long as dat flag was fly— Wit' deir English broder, les Canayens is satisfy leev an' die.
From The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems by Drummond, William Henry
My broder chiefs an’ I have watch you many days.
From Jarwin and Cuffy by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
"An' have de lady no broder nor sister?" asked the Count, who had heard this story with much attention.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
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