单词 | bredda |
释义 | breddan. Originally and chiefly Caribbean (esp. Jamaican). 1. A brother. Also as a familiar form of address. Cf. bredren n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > [noun] brotherOE born brotherOE broa1530 billy1724 buddy1834 bredda1837 bub1841 boetie1867 bruvver1867 Brer1878 bro1893 boet1920 1837 N. Wales Chron. 9 May 1/4 When one big ram sheep come up for buck me: me tell him say ‘bredda, no buck me.’ 1894 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 21 May 7/2 I 'fraid ob de beatings of my bredder Josiah. 1894 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 26 Oct. ‘Marning sister’; ‘Marning bredder’. 1924 P.M.L.A. 39 483 Me sister, oh, me sister, oh..Me bredder, oh, me bredder, oh. 1982 J.Holt Dict. Bahamian Eng. 28 I got two bredda what living. 2006 C. Blythe Cricket's Seranade xix. 288 She was buried de next aftahnoon. By de next day, her breddah was also gone. 2010 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 16 Mar. d1/3 ‘Alright, bredda. We will link,’ he said. 2. As a title preceding a man's name, esp. a forename: ‘Brother’.Frequently in the names of male animals in Anancy stories (see Anansi n.); cf. Brer n. ΚΠ 1892 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 17 Nov. 3/2 But what of ‘Bredda Moses’. 1899 P. C. Smith Annancy Stories 14 At las' de day come! An' den Bredda Toad he go to de Prince. 1925 M. S. Whaley Old Types Pass: Gullah Sketches of Carolina Sea Islands 19 Yah 'e dehyuh yet, Bredduh Smit', en ain' no mistake. 1952 F. Turenne Des Pres in Phylon 13 297 Breddr'n, me no see why we should not tell tales like this that is full of character, as Bredda Anancy has just said, as long as we keep them away from our folks. 1997 J. B. Breeze in S. Brown & J. Wickham Oxf. Bk. Caribbean Short Stories (1999) 346 Bredda B don't know a ting, im head jus rock to de adda side an im silent again. Bredda Kelly cyaan do more dan gwaan wid de service. 2013 H. Augustyn Don Drummond i. 9 He [sc. Brer Anancy] triumphed through his astute ways over others, including Bredda Tiger, Bredda Monkey, Bredda Snake. 3. slang. A (fellow) Caribbean or Rastafarian man; (more generally) a man, a guy, esp. when considered as a fellow member of a particular social or cultural group; (hence) a close male associate or friend. Cf. brother n. 4d, bredren n.Now frequently in British (chiefly Afro-Caribbean) usage. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun] yferec870 brothereOE ymonec950 headlingOE ferec975 fellowOE friendOE eveningOE evenlinglOE even-nexta1225 compeerc1275 monec1300 companiona1325 partnerc1330 peerc1330 neighbour?c1335 falec1380 matec1380 makec1385 companya1425 sociatec1430 marrow1440 partyc1443 customera1450 conferec1450 pareil?c1450 comparcionerc1475 resortc1475 socius1480 copartner?1504 billy?a1513 accomplice1550 panion1553 consorterc1556 compartner1564 co-mate1576 copemate1577 competitor1579 consociate1579 coach-companion1589 comrade1591 consort1592 callant1597 comrado1598 associate1601 coach-fellow1602 rival1604 social1604 concomitanta1639 concerner1639 consociator1646 compane1647 societary1652 bor1677 socius1678 interessora1687 companioness1691 rendezvouser1742 connection1780 frater1786 matey1794 pardner1795 left bower1829 running mate1867 stable companion1868 pard1872 buddy1895 maat1900 bro1922 stable-mate1941 bredda1969 Ndugu1973 the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend > close associate or companion farrowa700 fellowa1225 playferec1225 companiona1325 matec1380 gossea1549 comrade1591 comrado1598 netop1643 butty1791 left bower1829 sidekick1893 side-kicker1894 cobber1895 bredda1969 bredren1980 society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun] > other types of companion consenter1303 pew-fellow1533 bander1563 intercommoner1567 convenera1572 compeer1574 copemate1593 coherent1598 minion1598 barnacle1607 intercommuner1620 shade1667 dangler1728 rafiq1783 esquire1824 Sancho1870 tag-along1961 homeboy1965 bredda1969 arm piece1975 1969 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 9 May 4/7 He heard Malcolm telling a little boy that he was going to kill a man and that he was going to chop up a ‘bredda’. 1977 M. Perry Sniffin' Glue 121/1 Only in Rough Trade do you get the welcome sight of breddas with locks mingling with brothers with safety pins. 1981 Westindian World 28 Aug. 4/1 De bredda who knows all about that will be our next High Commissioner in London. 1995 B. Zephaniah City Psalms 30 I saw a policeman beating up a Bredda. 2008 T. Gupta White Boy 54 Vic was my Bredda. From back in the day... 2010 N. Shukla Coconut Unlimited iv. 79 ‘Can't you, like, introduce us or something?’ ‘I don't know the bredda.’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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