Bother Definition
Origin of Bother
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From Scots bauther, bather (“to bother”). Origin unknown. Perhaps related to Scots pother (“to make a stir or commotion, bustle”), also of unknown origin.
From Wiktionary
Perhaps related to Irish bodhaire (noise), bodhraim (to deafen, annoy.) {Concise Oxford English Dictionary 2011}
From Wiktionary
Probably from dialectal bodder possibly of Celtic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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