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brethelings

brethelings is the plural of bretheling.

Meaning of bretheling

Noun

bretheling (plural brethelings)

  1. (archaic) Wretch; worthless person.
    • The palmer rod forth ase a king, And Beues wente alse a bretheling.1838, William Barclay Turnbull, Sir Beves of Hamtoun: A Metrical Romance, page 81

Questions about brethelings

What is brethelings the plural of?
Brethelings is the plural of bretheling.

Words near brethelings in the dictionary

  1. Bretford
  2. Bretforton
  3. Brethauer
  4. Brethauers
  5. bretheling
  6. brethelings
  7. bretheren
  8. Bretherton
  9. Brethertons
  10. brethren
  11. brethren in Christ

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