Brogan
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A heavy working shoe; a brogue.
"The wind gusted through, shivering me, so that my waterlogged brogans were like ice against my feet."
- 2 a thick and heavy shoe wordnet
- 1 A surname from Irish.
- 2 A male given name.
- 3 A female given name.
- 4 A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- 5 A census-designated place in Malheur County, Oregon, United States.
Example
More examples"The wind gusted through, shivering me, so that my waterlogged brogans were like ice against my feet."
Etymology
An alteration of brogue. Most dictionaries give the source as Irish *brógán (from bróg (“shoe”) + -án (diminutive suffix)) or its Scottish Gaelic equivalent, but no such word can be confirmed to exist in either language (apart from the given name Brógán, the source of the surname Brogan).
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Brógáin (“descendants of Brógán”), probably from a diminutive of bróg (“shoe”).
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