Brer Rabbit

English Alternative forms en Br'er Rabbit Pronunciation en /bɹʌˈɹæbɪt/ GA Proper noun Brer Rabbit The hero of the Uncle Remus stories. en Bill Mann Microsoft Ain't AT&T The Motley Fool May 9 2000 who believe that Microsoft actually wants to be broken up (the Brer Rabbit solution), Any specific rabbit; used to personify a rabbit in a story en Alan Hamilton How Chester the labrador was caught on hop by a wily bunny The Times September 27 2005 BRER RABBIT came pacing down the road, lippity-clippity, clippity-lippity, just as sassy as a jaybird. And then he saw Chester the dog, who might just as well have been Brer Fox. Any trickster, or unusually quick and clever, figure. en 1892 w:Henry Lucy A Diary of the Salisbury Parliament, 1886-1892 http://books.google.com/books?id=OUAJAAAAIAAJ 34 Mr. Smith, the Brer Rabbit of House of Commons Leaders, "lay low and said nuffin." en 1914 William Edgar Sackett Modern Battles of Politics 2 http://books.google.com/books?id=4EYVAAAAYAAJ 308 He was the "Br'er Rabbit" of politics — he lay low so that the hunters of the other side could not see him to point their guns at him. en 2006 Mike Gaddis Zip Zap http://books.google.com/books?id=cbNtJwVg6Q4C 0811701964 180 It was the combination of a super-smooth shooting dog of radiant style and talent, and a Br'er Rabbit handler that stayed one bounce ahead of the fox. Translations hero of Uncle Remus stories Finnish: fi Jänis Vemmelsääri Greek: el Αδερφός Λαγός Russian: ru Бра́тец Кро́лик m any specific rabbit Finnish: fi jänöjussi, fi vemmelsääri any unusually quick and clever figure See also Wikipedia article on Br’er Rabbit en Fiction Fictional characters People Rabbits