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Bridget

/ˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪt/

Bridget proper noun: a female given name from Irish.

Proper noun

Bridget

  1. A female given name from Irish.
    • And when Miſtreſſe Briget loſt the handle of her Fan, I took't vpon mine honour thou hadſt it not.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • Of all the beautiful Christian names of women which were in use a century or two ago Brighid (Breed), under the ugly form of Bridget, or still worse, Biddy, and Eiblin under the form of Eveleen, and perhaps Norah, seem to be the only survivals, and they are becoming rarer.2000, David Pierce, Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader, Cork University Press., →ISBN, pages 8–9

Noun

Bridget (plural Bridgets)

  1. (US, dated) An Irish housemaid.
    • So long as any Bridget just landed (even before she has learned to walk comfortably in American shoes) can be sure of four dollars a week and her board and prequisites, it is the Bridgets who are really mistress of the situation.1891, Ellen Battelle Dietrick, Good Housekeeping
    • My nurse, my Bridget, has gone back North. She said she wouldn’t stay another day down here among the ‘naygurs’ as she calls them.1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published June 1944, →OCLC, part IV, page 671

Bridget meaning in Vietnamese

Bridget in Vietnamese

female given name
Brigitta

Forms of Bridget

pluralBridgets

Origin of Bridget

English form of the Irish saints' name Brighid, Brigid. Doublet of Bride.

Words that rhyme with Bridget

Questions about Bridget

What does Bridget mean?
Bridget means a female given name from Irish.
What is Bridget in Vietnamese?
Bridget in Vietnamese is Brigitta. See Bridget meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is Bridget?
Bridget can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Bridget?
Bridget is pronounced /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪt/.

Words near Bridget in the dictionary

  1. bridges the gap
  2. bridges up
  3. Bridgeses
  4. Bridgestock
  5. Bridgestocks
  6. Bridget
  7. bridgetender
  8. bridgetenders
  9. Bridgeton
  10. Bridgetown
  11. Bridgetown-Greenbushes

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