Definitions

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  • noun slang A male friend of a male.

Etymologies

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Blend of bro and bud, or from brother casually pronounced as brudda.

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Examples

  • As the minister and committee entered she rose with dignity and said, "Elder an 'brud'ren, take cheers."

    The Earth Trembled Edward Payson Roe 1863

  • Gilbert in his old age told some cavaliers he got a pass for nowt from Maister Gatherer one time mass he did and he seen his brud

    Ulysses 2003

  • “Kurnos, usas farno,” Loralon spoke, “gasiro brud calfos bid iridam e oram?”

    Chosen Of The Gods Pierson, Chris 2001

  • She made me feel sick; she could not say bread, meat, milk, and butter, but called them 'brud,' 'mate,'

    Tales of the Wilderness Boris Pilniak 1915

  • Gilbert in his old age told some cavaliers he got a pass for nowt from Maister Gatherer one time mass he did and he seen his brud Maister Wull the playwriter up in Lunnon in a wrastling play wud a man on's back.

    Ulysses James Joyce 1911

  • After some hesitation and sundry shouts of "Rise de sing, somebody," and "Stan 'up for Jesus, brud-der," irreverently put in by the juveniles, they got upon the John Brown song, always a favorite, adding a jubilant verse which I had never before heard, -- "We'll beat Beauregard on de clare battlefield."

    Army Life in a Black Regiment Thomas Wentworth Higginson 1867

  • Jag kämpar om min unga brud, 39 om ock det var med dundrets gud.

    Fritiofs Saga Esaias Tegn��r 1814

  • Han lutar kroknäbb till Fritiofs öra, det är som hade han bud att föra kanske från Ingborg, från älskad brud, 45 men ingen fattar de brutna ljud.

    Fritiofs Saga Esaias Tegn��r 1814

  • Ännu en gång vill i Norden jag jula, gästa kung Ring och min rövade brud; se vill jag åter de lockarna gula, höra dess stämmas de älskade ljud.

    Fritiofs Saga Esaias Tegn��r 1814

  • Men min brud jag ville skåda, en gång, ack! blott en gång än.

    Fritiofs Saga Esaias Tegn��r 1814

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