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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
brothel
 
SYLLABICATION:broth·el
PRONUNCIATION:  brthl, brôthl
NOUN: A house of prostitution.
ETYMOLOGY:Short for brothel-house, from Middle English brothel, prostitute, from brothen, past participle of brethen, to go to ruin, from Old English brothan, to decay.
 
 
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