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broadus

broadus is the alternative form of brotus.

Meaning of brotus

Noun

brotus (plural brotuses)

  1. (Southern US, dialectal) Something added at no extra charge, such as the thirteenth item in a baker's dozen.
    Synonyms:
    lagniappe, bonus

Proper noun capitalized: Broadus

Broadus

  1. A surname.
  2. A town, the county seat of Powder River County, Montana, United States.

Forms of broadus

pluralbroaduses

Origin of broadus

From Old English, yet the exact origin is obscure. Possibly representing a family name formed from Old English brād (“broad”) + hūs (“house”); a corruption of Broadhurst; or possibly from the placename Broadwas.

Questions about broadus

What does broadus mean?
Broadus means a surname.
What is broadus the alternative form of?
Broadus is the alternative form of brotus.
What part of speech is broadus?
Broadus is a proper noun.

Words near broadus in the dictionary

  1. broadswordsman
  2. broadswordsmanship
  3. broadswordsmen
  4. broadtail
  5. broadtails
  6. broadus
  7. broaduses
  8. Broadview
  9. Broadwas
  10. Broadwater
  11. Broadwater County

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Adapted from Wiktionary: broadus (page history and authors); Broadus (page history and authors); brotus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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