Brienne

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English

Etymology

From French Brienne.

Proper noun

Brienne

  1. A placename
    1. 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.
      • 2011, Frank McLynn, Napoleon: A Biography, →ISBN:
        Napoleon arrived in Brienne on 15 May 1779.
    2. The commune of Brienne in Saône-et-Loire, France.
  2. (obsolete) A surname from French. Ellipsis of de Brienne. Obsolete spelling of Bryan (“de Bryan”).
  3. (rare) A female given name, in occasional modern use.
    • 2009, Brienne J. Meyer, Adirondack Mycorrhizal and Saprobic Macromycetes
    • 2000, George R. R. Martin, Song of Ice and Fire, Bk. 3, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 16:
      "You will call me Brienne. Not wench."

French

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Proper noun

Brienne ?

  1. a placename
    1. the commune of Brienne in Saône-et-Loire, France.
    2. the commune of Brienne-le-Château, in l'Aube, France; which includes the Brienne Military Academy
    3. the commune of Brienne-sur-Aisne, in Ardennes, France
    4. the commune of Brienne-la-Vieille, in l'Aube, France
  2. a surname, an elliptical variant of de Brienne

Descendants

  • English: Brienne
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