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Brin

//ˈbɹɪn// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches.
  2. 2
    A single silkworm thread extruded from the gland, before it has formed a bave.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Of unknown origin ; perhaps French brin

Etymology 2

* As a Jewish surname, from Brin, the Yiddish name for Brno. * Also as a Jewish surname, from a Hebrew acronym בן רבי (ben rabi, “son of rabbi”) followed by a Yiddish personal name, similar to Brill. * As a French surname, from the adjective brin (“loud, quarrelsome”).

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