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bruvver

UK/ˈbɹʌ.və(ɹ)/US/ˈbɹʌ.vɚ/

bruvver noun: brother. Also the nonstandard form of brother.

Noun

bruvver (plural bruvvers)

  1. (Cockney, Multicultural-London-English, slang) Brother.
    • Gurdjieff I thot a man an a bruvver, but NObuddy is goin to swallow Ouspensky1953, Ezra Pound, letter to Margaret Anderson, reproduced in Thomas L. Scott et al. (editors), Pound/The Little Review: the Letters of Ezra Pound to Margaret Anderson, New Directions Books (1988)...
    • Gawd knows when yer bruvver's gonna get married.1992, Harry Bowling, The girl from Cotton Lane, Headline Book Publishing

Also used as

bruvver is also the nonstandard form of brother.

Forms of bruvver

pluralbruvvers

Origin of bruvver

Representing the Cockney or Multicultural London English pronunciation of brother (th-fronting).

Words formed from bruvver

Words that rhyme with bruvver

Questions about bruvver

What does bruvver mean?
Bruvver means brother.
What part of speech is bruvver?
Bruvver is a noun.
How do you pronounce bruvver?
Bruvver is pronounced /ˈbɹʌ.və(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of bruvver?
The plural of bruvver is bruvvers.

Words near bruvver in the dictionary

  1. bruv
  2. bruva
  3. bruvs
  4. bruvva
  5. bruvvas
  6. bruvver
  7. bruvvers
  8. brux
  9. bruxation
  10. bruxed
  11. Bruxelles

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