"brony" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹoʊni/ [General-American], /ˈbɹəʊni/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: bronies [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊni Etymology: PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Blend of bro + pony, the earliest documented use dates to the 25th of October 2010 on the 4chan image boards. Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*bʰréh₂tēr}} *bʰréh₂tēr, {{PIE word|en|bʰréh₂tēr}} PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr, {{blend|en|bro|pony}} Blend of bro + pony Head templates: {{en-noun}} brony (plural bronies)
  1. (fandom slang) A (usually major, often male) fan of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, typically an adult male. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Fans (people), Male, My Little Pony Coordinate_terms: bronydom, pegasister (english: female fan), MLP fan, pony fan, clop, clopper Translations (an older fan of the cartoon My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic): ব্রনি (broni) (Bengali), 小馬迷 (Chinese), 小马迷 (xiǎo mǎ mí) (Chinese), brony [masculine] (French), બ્રોનિ (broni) (Gujarati), ब्रोनि (broni) (Hindi), ブロニー (Japanese), brony (Malay), брони (broni) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "an older fan of the cartoon My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic",
      "word": "બ્રોનિ"
    },
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      "sense": "an older fan of the cartoon My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic",
      "word": "ब्रोनि"
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      "sense": "an older fan of the cartoon My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic",
      "word": "ブロニー"
    },
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      "sense": "an older fan of the cartoon My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic",
      "word": "brony"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "an older fan of the cartoon My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "брони"
    }
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