Brer Rabbit

English

Alternative forms

• Br'er Rabbit

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɹʌˈɹæbɪt/

Proper noun

Brer Rabbit

1. The hero of the Uncle Remus stories.
   • 2000 May 9, Bill Mann, “Microsoft Ain't AT&T”, in The Motley Fool:

     who believe that Microsoft actually wants to be broken up (the Brer Rabbit solution),

2. Any specific rabbit; used to personify a rabbit in a story
   • 2005 September 27, Alan Hamilton, “How Chester the labrador was caught on hop by a wily bunny”, in The Times:

     BRER RABBIT came pacing down the road, lippity-clippity, clippity-lippity, just as sassy as a jaybird. And then he saw Chester the dog, who might just as well have been Brer Fox.

3. Any trickster, or unusually quick and clever, figure.
   • 1892, Henry Lucy, A Diary of the Salisbury Parliament, 1886-1892‎^[1], page 34:

     Mr. Smith, the Brer Rabbit of House of Commons Leaders, "lay low and said nuffin."

   • 1914, William Edgar Sackett, Modern Battles of Politics‎^[2], volume 2, page 308:

     He was the "Br'er Rabbit" of politics — he lay low so that the hunters of the other side could not see him to point their guns at him.

   • 2006, Mike Gaddis, Zip Zap‎^[3], →ISBN, page 180:

     It was the combination of a super-smooth shooting dog of radiant style and talent, and a Br'er Rabbit handler that stayed one bounce ahead of the fox.

Translations

hero of Uncle Remus stories

• Finnish: Jänis Vemmelsääri
• Greek: Αδερφός Λαγός (Aderfós Lagós)
• Russian: Бра́тец Кро́лик m (Brátec Królik)

any specific rabbit

• Finnish: jänöjussi (fi), vemmelsääri

any unusually quick and clever figure

See also

• Wikipedia article on Br’er Rabbit