# brothered

Pronunciation: US say "BRUTH-urd" /ˈbɹʌðɚd/; UK say "BRUTH-uhd" /ˈbɹʌðəd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of brother. — simple past and past participle of brother
   - Simple: Simple past of brother. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The veteran soldiers brothered the recruits through their first hard winter._
   - _Once he was brothered by the village elders, doors opened everywhere._

## Noun

2. Alternative form of brotherred. *(obsolete)* — Alternative form of brotherred.
   - Simple: Another way to write brotherred. It means the same thing.

## Origin

**Meaning 2** — From Middle English "brotherrede" ("brotherhood").
**Meaning 1** — From the verb "brother."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/brothered (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).