bro

bro

[broh, bruh]
noun, plural bros. Slang.
2.
friend; pal; buddy.

Origin:
1830–40; reduced form of brother

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bro.

plural bros.
Also, Bro.
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Bro is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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World English Dictionary
bro1 (brəʊ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  (NZ) a family member
2.  a close associate

bro, bra or bru2 (bruː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
informal (South African) a friend, often used in direct address
 
[C20: from Afrikaans broer brother]
 
bra, bra or bru2
 
n
 
[C20: from Afrikaans broer brother]
 
bru, bra or bru2
 
n
 
[C20: from Afrikaans broer brother]

bro. (brəʊ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
abbreviation for
brother

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Word Origin & History

bro
colloquial abbreviation of brother, attested from 1660s.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
bro
[soul] brother
Bro.
brother
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