"merbrother" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "mer- + brother",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mer- + brother.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "merbrothers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "merbrother (plural merbrothers)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fantasy",
          "orig": "en:Fantasy",
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        {
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          "name": "Merpeople",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Macgregor Card, “The Merman’s Gift”, in Duties of an English Foreign Secretary, Fence Books, page 63",
          "text": "there’d be a time to say my brother is survived by our merbrother",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Robin Pritchard, A History of Mermaids, page 198",
          "text": "The merbrothers were suddenly impatient to leave.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Diana Cooper, Tara and Her Talking Kitten Meet a Mermaid, Findhorn Press, pages 47–48",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Fabion Harris, chapter 4, in Pure: A Mermaid Story, Lulu, page 13",
          "text": "Adam would rather see him spend more time among his merbrothers and women.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Peter Raymundo, Third Grade Mermaid, Scholastic Press",
          "text": "Little merbrothers can be so ANNOYING!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A brother who is a merman."
      ],
      "id": "en-merbrother-en-noun-hCs-cki2",
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        [
          "brother",
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        ],
        [
          "merman",
          "merman"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fantasy) A brother who is a merman."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fantasy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "merbrother"
}

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        "2": "mer",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mer- + brother.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "merbrothers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "merbrother (plural merbrothers)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Macgregor Card, “The Merman’s Gift”, in Duties of an English Foreign Secretary, Fence Books, page 63",
          "text": "there’d be a time to say my brother is survived by our merbrother",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Robin Pritchard, A History of Mermaids, page 198",
          "text": "The merbrothers were suddenly impatient to leave.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Diana Cooper, Tara and Her Talking Kitten Meet a Mermaid, Findhorn Press, pages 47–48",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Fabion Harris, chapter 4, in Pure: A Mermaid Story, Lulu, page 13",
          "text": "Adam would rather see him spend more time among his merbrothers and women.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Peter Raymundo, Third Grade Mermaid, Scholastic Press",
          "text": "Little merbrothers can be so ANNOYING!",
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        }
      ],
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        "A brother who is a merman."
      ],
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        ],
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        "(fantasy) A brother who is a merman."
      ],
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      ]
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  "word": "merbrother"
}