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brotherless

brotherless adjective: without a brother.

Adjective

brotherless (not comparable)

  1. Without a brother.

brotherless meaning in Tamil

brotherless in Tamil

உடன்பிறந்தானில்லாத, அண்ணன் தம்பியற்ற

Origin of brotherless

From Middle English brotherles, from Old English brōþorlēas, from Proto-West Germanic *brōþerlaus, equivalent to brother + -less. Cognate with West Frisian broerleas (“brotherless”), Dutch broederloos (“brotherless”), German bruderlos (“brotherless”).

Words formed from brotherless

Questions about brotherless

What does brotherless mean?
Brotherless means without a brother.
What is brotherless in Tamil?
Brotherless in Tamil is உடன்பிறந்தானில்லாத, அண்ணன் தம்பியற்ற. See Brotherless meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is brotherless?
Brotherless is an adjective.

Words near brotherless in the dictionary

  1. brothering
  2. brotherji
  3. brotherjis
  4. brotherkin
  5. brotherkins
  6. brotherless
  7. brotherlessness
  8. brotherlier
  9. brotherliest
  10. brotherlike
  11. brotherliness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brotherless (page history and authors); brotherless (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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