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brer

[brur, brair; Sou. dial. bur] Origin

br'er

[brur, brair; Sou. dial. bur]
noun Chiefly Southern U.S.

Origin:
1875–80, Americanism
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Brer is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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br'er (brɜː, brɛə)
 
n
Black slang, dialect (Southern US) brother: usually prefixed to a name: Br'er Jones

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brer
in Brer Rabbit, etc., 1881, Joel Chandler Harris' representation of U.S. Southern black pronunciation of brother.
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