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单词 bredda
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breddan.

Brit. /ˈbrɛdə/, U.S. /ˈbrɛdə/, Caribbean English /ˈbrɛda/
Inflections: Plural unchanged, breddas; see also bredren n.
Forms: Caribbean 1800s breder, 1800s– breda, 1800s– bredda, 1800s– bredder, 2000s– breddah; U.S. regional (South Carolina, in African-American usage) 1900s– breddah, 1900s– bredduh. Also with capital initial.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: brother n.
Etymology: Representing a Caribbean or African-American pronunciation of brother n. Compare earlier bredren n., and also earlier bro n. II. and later Buh n., bra n.1, Brer n.
Originally and chiefly Caribbean (esp. Jamaican).
1. A brother. Also as a familiar form of address. Cf. bredren n. 1.
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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.
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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.
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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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