outbrother

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noun

An outpensioner.

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Meanings

nounoutbrother (plural outbrothers)

plural outbrothers

  1. An outpensioner.
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    That good old blind bibber of Helicon I wot well, came a begging to one of the chiefe citties of Greece, & promiſed them vaſt corpulent volumes of immortallity, if they would beſtowe vpon him but a ſlender outbrothers annuity of muttõ & broth, and a pallet to ſleep on; and with deriſion they reiected him, [...]

    1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 3

Origin

From out- + brother.

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APA

outbrother. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outbrother

MLA

“outbrother.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outbrother. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outbrother,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outbrother.

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