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outbrother

outbrother noun: an outpensioner.

Noun

outbrother (plural outbrothers)

  1. An outpensioner.
    • That good old blind bibber of Helicon I wot well, came a begging to one of the chiefe citties of Greece, & promiſed them vaſt corpulent volumes of immortallity, if they would beſtowe vpon him but a ſlender outbrothers annuity of muttõ & broth, and a pallet to ſleep on; and with deriſion they...1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 3

Forms of outbrother

pluraloutbrothers

Origin of outbrother

From out- + brother.

Questions about outbrother

What does outbrother mean?
Outbrother means an outpensioner.
What part of speech is outbrother?
Outbrother is a noun.
What is the plural of outbrother?
The plural of outbrother is outbrothers.

Words near outbrother in the dictionary

  1. outbring
  2. outbringing
  3. outbrings
  4. outbroke
  5. outbroken
  6. outbrother
  7. outbrothers
  8. outbrought
  9. outbud
  10. outbudded
  11. outbudding

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