Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

merbrother

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mer-broth-er
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A brother who is a merman or merboy.

Example Sentences

"there’d be a time to say my brother is survived by our merbrother"
"The merbrothers were suddenly impatient to leave."
"Then she saw that Petronella’s merbrothers Jolly, Julian, Joseph, John, Jerry, Jimmy, and Jupiter were pushing the boat towards the river bank to the place where it sloped gently."
"Adam would rather see him spend more time among his merbrothers and women."
"Little merbrothers can be so ANNOYING!"

Etymology

From mer- + brother.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mer

Inflected Forms

merbrothers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

mersister

Questions

What does merbrother mean?: A brother who is a merman or merboy.
Where does merbrother come from?: From mer- + brother.

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