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br'er

[brur, brair; Sou. dial. bur]
–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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