Dictionary

merbrother en · NOUN

Etymology

From mer- + brother.

Meanings

1. A brother who is a merman or merboy.
   • there’d be a time to say my brother is survived by our merbrother 2009, Macgregor Card, “The Merman’s Gift”, in Duties of an English Foreign Secretary, Fence Books, →ISBN, page 63:
   • 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. 2012, Diana Cooper, Tara and Her Talking Kitten Meet a Mermaid, Findhorn Press, →ISBN, pages 47–48:
   • The merbrothers were suddenly impatient to leave. 2012, Robin Pritchard, A History of Mermaids, →ISBN, page 198:
   • Adam would rather see him spend more time among his merbrothers and women. 2015, Fabion Harris, chapter 4, in Pure: A Mermaid Story, Lulu, →ISBN, page 13:
   • Little merbrothers can be so ANNOYING! 2017, Peter Raymundo, Third Grade Mermaid, Scholastic Press, →ISBN:

Forms

Coordinates

mersister