bruvver

== English == === Etymology === Representing the Cockney or Multicultural London English pronunciation of brother (th-fronting). === Pronunciation === enPR: ʹbrə-vər (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɹʌ.və(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɹʌ.vɚ/ Rhymes: -ʌvə(ɹ) === Noun === bruvver (plural bruvvers) (Cockney, MLE, slang) Brother. 1953, Ezra Pound, letter to Margaret Anderson, reproduced in Thomas L. Scott et al. (editors), Pound/The Little Review: the Letters of Ezra Pound to Margaret Anderson, New Directions Books (1988), page 314: Gurdjieff I thot a man an a bruvver, but NObuddy is goin to swallow Ouspensky Nonstandard form of brother. ==== Derived terms ==== bruv