What does "brittany" mean?
A coward.
Brittany
/ˈbɹɪ.tə.ni/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A coward.
- Grammar: brittany is listed as name, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: area, breiz, dog breed, duchy.
- Usage evidence: A storm will batter Brittany in the coming hours.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A coward. slang
- 2 A gun dog of a particular breed.
"A dish face is not desirable in the Brittany. A dished or upturned muzzle is considered a fault in the Redbone Coonhound."
Proper Noun
- 1 A cultural region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France.
"First, will I see the Coronation, / And then to Britanny Ile crosse the Sea, / To effect this marriage, so it please my Lord."
- 2 An administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany.
- 3 The British Isles. obsolete, poetic
"The noble Thamis […] seem'd to stoupe afore / With bowed backe, by reason of the lode / And auncient heavy burden which he bore / Of that faire City, wherein make abode / So many learned impes, that shoote abrode, / And with their braunches spred all Britany […]."
- 4 A female given name transferred from the place name, of 1980s and 1990s American usage.
"- - - No one has family names. These girls with rooster hair I see on the streets. They pick the names. They're the mothers." "I have a granddaughter named Brittany," Hazel said. " And I have heard of a little girl called Cappuccino." "Cappuccino! Is that true? Why don't they call one Cassaulet? Fettuccini? Alsace-Lorraine?""
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"A storm will batter Brittany in the coming hours."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "brittany"?
Common synonyms include: area, breiz, dog breed, duchy, epagneul breton, gun dog.
How do you use "brittany" in a sentence?
A storm will batter Brittany in the coming hours.
How do you pronounce "brittany"?
Pronounced /ˈbɹɪ.tə.ni/.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Bretany, Brytany, itself borrowed from Medieval Latin Britannia, applied to Brittany from at least the 6th century, and reinforced by Middle French Bretagne. See Britannia for more. Doublet of Britain and Britannia.