brittain
/bɹˈɪtən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A neighbourhood of Akron, Ohio, United States, formerly a settlement in Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio.
Countable; Uncountable
name
An unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia, United States.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[T]his so famous and farre renown'd great Brittains Monarchy, had at one blowe endured a recouerlesse ruine, beeing ouerwhelmed in a sea of bloud; […]"
- "Henry, by Mary Queen of Scots, had Issue James the Sixth, King of Brittain, by the propitious Grace of the Eternal God, born in a most auspicate and lucky Hour, to knit and unite in one Body of an Empire, the whole Island of Brittain, divided as well in it self, as it was heretofore from the rest of the World, and to lay a most sure Foundation of an everlasting Security, for our Heirs and the Posterity."
- "Sixtly, That this Realme was diuided into Shires and Counties, and thoſe Shires into Cities, Burroughs, and Townes, by the Bꝛittains."
- "But since this custome was probably disused before their Invasion or Conquest, and the Romanes confessedly practised the same, since their possession of this Island, the most assured account will fall upon the Romanes, or Brittains Romanized."
- "This is the same Claudia Ruffina which the Poet Martial afterward so highly commended for her illustrious birth, beauty and exquisite perfection both in the Grecian and Roman literature, expressly declaring that she was a Brittain."
Etymology
Variant of Britain; habitational surname from Anglo-Norman Bretaigne (“Brittany”), from Latin Britannia.
Origin
- Source language: Latin