Definition of Brothering

1. Verb. (present participle of brother) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brothering

1. brother [v] - See also: brother

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brothering

brotheler
brothelers
brothelgoer
brothels
brother
brother-in-arms
brother-in-law
brother complex
brother german
brothered
brotherhood
brotherhoods
brothering (current term)
brotherless
brotherlessness
brotherlike
brotherliness
brotherlinesses
brotherly
brotherly love
brotherman
brothermen
brotherred
brothers
brothers-in-arms
brothers-in-law
brothership

Literary usage of Brothering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Tour in Tartan-land by Cuthbert Bede (1863)
"... proceeds to Campbelton—Burns' Poems in Print—Highland Mary comes to Greenock—Her Relations there—The brothering Feast—Her Illness and Death—Superstition ..."

2. The Account Book of Sir John Foulis of Ravelston 1671-1707 by John Foulis (1894)
"INTRODUCTION which partook of a convivial character, and which varied the monotony of his town life, were 'sealing' and ' brothering. ..."

3. The Changing Race Relationship in the Border and Northern States by Hannibal Gerald Duncan (1922)
"loved the Negro as a race because that race was at least 500 miles away; it counted him a brother because some one else had to do the brothering. ..."

4. The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister (1904)
"I had too much older brothering to suit me. But now I am doing well being in full sight of prosperity and not too old and very strong my health having stood ..."

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