English

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Etymology

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From mer- +‎ brother.

Noun

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merbrother (plural merbrothers)

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