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brotherless

adj

Etymology

From Middle English brotherles, from Old English brōþorlēas, from Proto-West Germanic *brōþerlaus, equivalent to brother + -less. Cognate with West Frisian broerleas (“brotherless”), Dutch broederloos (“brotherless”), German bruderlos (“brotherless”).

  1. inherited from *brōþerlaus✻
  2. inherited from brōþorlēas
  3. inherited from brotherles

Definitions

  1. Without a brother.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for brotherless. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA