Breton Definition

brĕtn
adjective
Of Brittany or its people, language, or culture.
Webster's New World
noun
A native or inhabitant of Brittany.
American Heritage
A person born or living in Brittany.
Webster's New World
The Celtic language spoken in Brittany.
Webster's New World
pronoun

The Celtic language of Brittany.

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Other Word Forms of Breton

Noun

Singular:
Breton
Plural:
bretons

Origin of Breton

  • Middle English from Old French Briton

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French Breton.

    From Wiktionary

Breton Sentence Examples

  • The mineral districts occur from Cape Breton to the islands in the Pacific and the Yukon district.

  • But she still held the shores of the St Lawrence, and she retained, too, the island of Cape Breton to command its mouth.

  • The interinfluence of French and English literature can be studied in the Breton romances and the romans d'aventure even better than in the epic poetry of the period.

  • Ralph of Coggeshall, who used information gained from crusaders, and William of Newburgh, who had access to a work by Richard I.'s chaplain Anselm, which is now lost.4 The French side is presented in Rigord's Gesta Philippi Augusti and in the Gesta (an abridgment and continuation of Rigord) and the Philippeis of William the Breton.

  • Moreover English and not Breton law was to be employed, and no Irishman could legally be receivd into a religious house, nor presented to a benefice.

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Words Starting With

BBRBRE

Words Ending With

NONTON

Unscrambles

Breton

Words Starting With B and Ending With N

Starts With B & Ends With NStarts With BR & Ends With NStarts With B & Ends With ON

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With B6 Letter Words Ending With N