brothern
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English brotheren, brothren, equivalent to brother + -en; or alternatively as a variant of brethren.
Noun
[edit]brothern
- (nonstandard) plural of brother
- 1896, Ernest Emory Russell, The Reason why: A Story of Fact and Fiction, page 29:
- But, my dear brothern an' sistern, they hain't no water down thar— it's a awful thing to think they hain't, but they hain't, b'caze the Bible says they hain't.