Word info

brer

Speech parts

1. brer - Noun

2. Brer - Proper noun

Meaning

brer (plural brers)

Alternative spelling of br'er, contraction of brother.

Brer

An informal title for a man

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I don't keer w'at you do wid me, Brer Fox,' sezee, 'so you don't fling me in dat brier-patch. Roas' me, Brer Fox' sezee, 'but don't fling me in dat brier-patch,' sezee. Joel Chandler Harris

Brer Fox, he lay low. Joel Chandler Harris

Brer Rabbit keep on axin' 'im, en de Tar-Baby, she keep on sayin' nothin', twel present'y Brer Rabbit draw back wid his fis', he did, en blip he tuck 'er side er de head. Right dar's whar he broke his merlasses jug. His fis' stuck, en he can't pull loose. De tar hilt 'im. Joel Chandler Harris

Lear 2007, p. 34 The Brer Rabbit stories of Joel Chandler Harris had been family favourites, and she later studied his Uncle Remus stories and illustrated them. Source: Internet

I confess that some of my favorite stories were tales narrated in dialect by "Uncle Remus," an old Southern black man, about "Brer Rabbit" and his forest friends. Source: Internet

Brer Bales pours the latest batch of endurance fuel into bags to be shipped at Tailwind Nutrition's production facility in Bayfield on Tuesday afternoon. Source: Internet

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