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brehons

brehons is the plural of brehon.

Meaning of brehon

Noun

brehon (plural brehons)

  1. (Ireland, historical) A judge or lawgiver in ancient Celtic Ireland.
    • [T]he brehon handed him a hilted weapon,
      a rare and ancient sword named Hrunting.1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 48

Questions about brehons

What is brehons the plural of?
Brehons is the plural of brehon.

Words near brehons in the dictionary

  1. Brehm's tiger parrot
  2. Brehm's tiger parrots
  3. Brehmer
  4. Brehms
  5. brehon
  6. brehons
  7. brehonship
  8. brehs
  9. Breich
  10. Breier
  11. Breiers

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