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Wiktionary
brehonnoun
A judge or lawgiver in ancient Celtic Ireland.
Etymology: * From breitheamh, from brithem, from breth.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Brehonnoun
An Irish word.
In the case of murder, the brehon, that is, their judge, will compound between the murderer and the party murdered, which prosecute the action, that the malefactor shall give unto them, or to the child or wife of him that is slain, a recompence, which they call an eriach. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.
Webster Dictionary
Brehonnoun
an ancient Irish or Scotch judge
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Brehon
brē′hon, n. an ancient Irish judge.—Brehon Laws, the name given by the English to the system of jurisprudence which prevailed among the native Irish from an early period till towards the middle of the 17th century. [Ir. breitheamh, pl. breitheamhuin.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BREHON
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Brehon is ranked #127494 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Brehon surname appeared 134 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Brehon.
78.3% or 105 total occurrences were Black.
11.9% or 16 total occurrences were White.
5.9% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.
Anagrams for brehon »
Hebron
behorn
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of brehon in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of brehon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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