English Explanatory Dictionary

Farebrother

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.

Word forms

Farebrother Farebrothers

Etymology

From Old English fæġer (“fair, beautiful”) + brōþor (“brother”), a nickname given to the brother of a fair person, or else to the better-looking of a pair of brothers. Alternatively, the surname may have been a nickname for a brother-in-law; compare French beau-frère (“brother-in-law”).

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