bro

adj

1. Abbreviation of brown (eye or hair color).

name

Etymology: * As a North Germanic/Scandinavian topographic surname from either Danish, Norwegian or Swedish bro (“bridge”). * As a French surname, variant of Brault and Breaux. * As an Irish surname, possibly a variant of Broe, Brew.

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr Proto-Germanic *brōþēr Proto-West Germanic *brōþer Old English brōþor Middle English brother English brotherclip. English bro Spelling pronunciation and clipping of brother. (Contrast bruh, which is a clipping of the pronunciation of brother rather than the spelling.) Compare Swedish bror.

1. Brother (a male sibling).

   “My mom took my lil' bro to soccer practice now and she wanted me to pick him up.”

2. Brother (a comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals).

   “Bro, you good? You've been lookin' kinda out of it lately.”

   “Let’s not kid ourselves – there are plenty of men saying that Will has been emasculated by Jada, because hurr durr why would he hit a bro over a woman.”

3. Brother, my man, good sir; a friendly term of address for typically men.

   “Near-synonym: man”

   “don't tase me, bro”

4. A frat boy or someone who espouses the fraternity bro culture.
5. Someone, usually male, who aggressively evangelizes a person, concept or technology.

   “Pfeiffer's partners at Pod Save America — the audio outpost of the resistance that had made a collection of Obama Bros niche superstars, had invested as producers in a documentary about the Senate run.”

   “One of these cars has 707 horsepower, performs amazingly well on a drag strip, and is popular among performance car bros. The other car is about to easily win a drag race.”