Briggs

//bɹɪɡz// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A topographic surname from Middle English.
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincporated community in Washington Township, Whitley County, Indiana.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nebraska.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; An extinct town in Washington County, Ohio.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Cherokee County, Oklahoma.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Burnet County, Texas.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Virginia.

Example

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"Mr Briggs is no doctor, he is a butcher."

Etymology

From the genitive or plural form of Middle English brigge (“bridge”).

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