bredren

/ ˈbrɛdrɪn /

noun

1. a friend or comrade
2. a group of friends or comrades

Word History and Origins

Origin of bredren¹

C20: from a Rastafarian pronunciation of brethren

Example Sentences

James began locking himself in his bedroom and tape-recording his efforts to sound masculine, repeating words like “bredren” and “boss.”

From The New Yorker

Maybe I could work them into a story of out "cullud bredren."

From Project Gutenberg

Bredren and sisters, is der a man or a woman in de soun' o' my voice as 'ould 'cept his free papers on de terms as Brudder Walley offers—at de price of a brudder's life an' a sister's happiness?

From Project Gutenberg

"My bredren, I want to raise cotton, and I'm gwine."

From Project Gutenberg

Bredren and sisterin, and companions dear, Our preachment for to-day, as you shall hear, Will be ob de creation,—ob de plan On which God fashioned Adam, de fust man.

From Project Gutenberg