Brienne

name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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. 2
    A placename; The commune of Brienne in Saône-et-Loire, France.
  3. 3
    A surname from French. Ellipsis of de Brienne; obsolete spelling of Bryan (“de Bryan”). obsolete
  4. 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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