brother-slayer
English
noun
Definitions
- (rare) One who kills or murders one's brother; a fratricide
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English brodyr slaer derived from Old English brōþorslaga affix from English brother + English slayer.
Origin
English
slayer
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Brotherton English
- brethren English
- brother English
- brother-in-law English
- brother-out-law English
- brother-zone English
- brotherboy English
- brotherdom English
- brotherfucker English
- brotherfucking English
- brotherhood English
- brotherji English
- brotherless English
- brotherlike English
- brotherly English
- brotherman English
- brothern English
- brotherness English
- brotherred English
- brothership English
- brotherwort English
- brothren English
- co-brother English
- dragonslayer English
- father-slayer English
- godbrother English
- half brother English
- half-brother English
- kingslayer English
- kinslayer English
- manslayer English
- outbrother English
- self-slayer English
- slay English
- slayer English
- stepbrother English
- womb-brother English
- bróder Spanish, Castilian
- bróder Portuguese
- brōþorslaga Old English
- brodyr slaer Middle English
- brother Middle English
- slear Middle English
- brad Tagalog
- 巴打 Chinese
- 브라더 Korean
- barata Tok Pisin
- brada Sranan Tongo
- brata Bislama
- broda Nigerian Pidgin
- slay
- slayer
- brother
- brothren
- brethren
- brothern
- brotherly
- manslayer
- kinslayer
- brotherji
- Brotherton
- outbrother
- brotherdom
- kingslayer
- co-brother
- brotherboy
- brotherman
- brotherred
- godbrother
- self-slayer
- brotherlike
- brothership
- brotherhood
- stepbrother
- brotherness
- brotherless
- brotherwort
- half brother
- womb-brother
- half-brother
- brother-zone
- dragonslayer
- brotherfucker
- father-slayer
- brother-in-law
- brotherfucking
- brother-out-law