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merbrother

merbrother noun: a brother who is a merman or merboy.

Noun

merbrother (plural merbrothers)

  1. A brother who is a merman or merboy.
    • there’d be a time to say my brother is survived by our merbrother2009, Macgregor Card, “The Merman’s Gift”, in Duties of an English Foreign Secretary, Fence Books, →ISBN, page 63
    • The merbrothers were suddenly impatient to leave.2012, Robin Pritchard, A History of Mermaids, →ISBN, page 198

Examples of merbrother in a sentence

  • Then she saw that Petronella’s merbrothers Jolly, Julian, Joseph, John, Jerry, Jimmy, and Jupiter were pushing the boat towards the river bank to the place where it sloped gently.2012, Diana Cooper, Tara and Her Talking Kitten Meet a Mermaid, Findhorn Press, →ISBN, pages 47–48:
  • Adam would rather see him spend more time among his merbrothers and women.2015, Fabion Harris, chapter 4, in Pure: A Mermaid Story, Lulu, →ISBN, page 13:

Forms of merbrother

pluralmerbrothers

Origin of merbrother

From mer- + brother.

Questions about merbrother

What does merbrother mean?
Merbrother means a brother who is a merman or merboy.
How do you use merbrother in a sentence?
Then she saw that Petronella’s merbrothers Jolly, Julian, Joseph, John, Jerry, Jimmy, and Jupiter were pushing the boat towards the river bank to the place where it sloped gently.
What part of speech is merbrother?
Merbrother is a noun.
What is the plural of merbrother?
The plural of merbrother is merbrothers.

Words near merbrother in the dictionary

  1. Merbein South
  2. Merbein West
  3. merboy
  4. merboys
  5. merbromin
  6. merbrother
  7. merbrothers
  8. merby
  9. merc
  10. merc up
  11. mercable

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