brotherless

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Scrabble points: 16
Words With Friends: 17
Letters: 11

Definition of brotherless

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

(not-comparable)Without a brother.

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Etymology

From Middle English brotherles, from Old English brōþorlēas, from Proto-West Germanic *brōþerlaus, equivalent to brother + -less. Cognate with West Frisian broerleas (“brotherless”), Dutch broederloos (“brotherless”), German bruderlos (“brotherless”).