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br'er       [brur, brair; Sou. dial. bur] Pronunciation Key
–noun Chiefly Southern U.S.
brother.
[Origin: 1875–80, Americanism]
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brer 
in Brer Rabbit, etc., 1881, Joel Chandler Harris' representation of U.S. Southern black pronunciation of brother.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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