"Britney" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈbɹɪtni/ Audio: En-au-Britney.ogg Forms: Britneys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Britney (plural Britneys)
  1. A female given name transferred from the place name, variant of Brittany. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names
    Sense id: en-Britney-en-name-EJ2T8Lka Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹɪtni/ Audio: En-au-Britney.ogg Forms: Britneys [plural]
Etymology: Rhyming slang for beers, from Britney Spears. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Britney (plural Britneys)
  1. (UK, slang, chiefly in the plural) A beer. Tags: UK, in-plural, slang
    Sense id: en-Britney-en-noun-RQ2n2Ezf Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2013, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Downturn Abbey:",
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