n.
The bromide conforms to everything sanctioned by the majority, and may be depended upon to be trite, banal, and arbitrary. Gelett Burgess. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. (Chem.) A compound of hydrobromic acid with a base; -- distinguished from a bromide, in which only the bromine unites with the base. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A bromide having a higher proportion of bromine than any other bromide of the same substance or series. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Poly- + bromide. ] (Chem.) A bromide containing more than one atom of bromine in the molecule. [ 1913 Webster ]