"Bridget" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bridget.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪt Etymology: English form of the Irish saints' name Brighid, Brigid. Doublet of Bride. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰerǵʰ-}}, {{der|en|ga|-}} Irish, {{doublet|en|Bride}} Doublet of Bride Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bridget
  1. A female given name from Irish. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names Translations (female given name): Berc'hed (Breton), Brec'hed (Breton), 布麗奇特 (Chinese Mandarin), 布丽奇特 (Bùlìqíte) (Chinese Mandarin), Brigita [feminine] (Czech), Birgitte (Danish), Birgita (Esperanto), Piret (Estonian), Birita [feminine] (Faroese), Pirkko (Finnish), Brigitte (French), ბრიგიტა (brigiṭa) (Georgian), Brigitte (German), Bikki (Greenlandic), Bríd [feminine] (Irish), Brighid (note: pre-spelling reform) [feminine] (Irish), Brigida (Italian), Brigitta [feminine] (Italian), Brigita [feminine] (Latvian), Brigita [feminine] (Lithuanian), Breeshey [feminine] (Manx), Biret (Northern Sami), Birgitte (Norwegian), Brígiða [feminine] (Old Norse), Brygida [feminine] (Polish), Brígida [feminine] (Portuguese), Бриги́тта (Brigítta) [feminine] (Russian), Бри́джит (Brídžit) [feminine] (Russian), Brìghde (Scottish Gaelic), Brigida (Spanish), Birgitta (Swedish), Birgit (Swedish), Brigitta (Vietnamese), Ffraid [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Bridget-en-name-wQzvhW3f

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bridget.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Bridgets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪt Etymology: English form of the Irish saints' name Brighid, Brigid. Doublet of Bride. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰerǵʰ-}}, {{der|en|ga|-}} Irish, {{doublet|en|Bride}} Doublet of Bride Head templates: {{en-noun}} Bridget (plural Bridgets)
  1. (US, dated) An Irish housemaid. Tags: US, dated
    Sense id: en-Bridget-en-noun-Ww4egrBn Categories (other): American English

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ga",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Bride"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Bride",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "English form of the Irish saints' name Brighid, Brigid. Doublet of Bride.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Bridgets",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Bridget (plural Bridgets)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1891, Ellen Battelle Dietrick, Good Housekeeping",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Aife Murray, Maid as Muse: How Servants Changed Emily Dickinson's Life and Language",
          "text": "Beggar lads, emigrants, mowers, slaves, rustics, Malays, Bridgets, and porters peopled her work […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An Irish housemaid."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Irish",
          "Irish"
        ],
        [
          "housemaid",
          "housemaid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, dated) An Irish housemaid."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪdʒɪt"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Bridget.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Bridget.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Bridget"
}

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