"brothren" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English brotheren",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English brotheren, brothren, equivalent to brother + -en; or alternatively as a variant of brethren.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1855, Maria N. Ward, Female Life Among the Mormons",
          "text": "You know, brothren, you wern't willin' for me to go out preachin', but I felt it right here [and he laid his hand on his forehead], and here I felt it too [his hand was then applied to the region of the heart].",
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        "plural of brother"
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        "(nonstandard) plural of brother"
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  "word": "brothren"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English brotheren, brothren, equivalent to brother + -en; or alternatively as a variant of brethren.",
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        {
          "ref": "1855, Maria N. Ward, Female Life Among the Mormons",
          "text": "You know, brothren, you wern't willin' for me to go out preachin', but I felt it right here [and he laid his hand on his forehead], and here I felt it too [his hand was then applied to the region of the heart].",
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        "plural of brother"
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        "(nonstandard) plural of brother"
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