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Brienne
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Proper Noun
- 1 A placename; The town of Brienne-le-Château in France.
"Napoleon was nearly captured by the Cossacks after the Battle of Brienne, but was saved by one of his generals."
- 2 A placename; The commune of Brienne in Saône-et-Loire, France.
- 3 A surname from French. Ellipsis of de Brienne; obsolete spelling of Bryan (“de Bryan”). obsolete
- 4 A female given name, in occasional modern use. rare
"2009, Brienne J. Meyer, Adirondack Mycorrhizal and Saprobic Macromycetes"
Etymology
From French Brienne.
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