name
Meaning 1
A diminutive of the male given name Ambrose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
brose
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noun
Meaning 2
Oatmeal mixed with boiling water or milk.
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Usage: Scotland, uncountable, usually
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History
Etymology
Shortening.
From the Doric dialect of North East Scotland, from earlier browes, from Old French broez, nominative of broet (“stew, soup made from meat broth”) (French brouet) diminutive of breu, from Medieval Latin brodium, from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”). See broth.
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