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brehon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.44 in modern English

Syllables
bre-hon
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A judge or lawgiver in ancient Celtic Ireland.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From an Anglicized oblique form (such as genitive singular breitheamhan or dative singular breitheamhain) of Irish breitheamh, from Old Irish brithem, from breth (“judgment”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: breitheamh, brithem

Inflected Forms

brehons (plural)

Derived Forms

brehonship

Phrases

Brehon laws

Questions

What does brehon mean?
A judge or lawgiver in ancient Celtic Ireland.
Where does brehon come from?
It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce brehon

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