"Bruff" meaning in English

See Bruff in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bruff
  1. A town in County Limerick, Ireland. Categories (place): Places in County Limerick, Ireland, Places in Ireland, Towns in County Limerick, Ireland, Towns in Ireland
    Sense id: en-Bruff-en-name-c4WBnaAG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Bruffs [plural]
Etymology: Variant of Brough. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Brough}} Brough Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Bruff (plural Bruffs)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Bruff-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Bruff meaning in English (2.2kB)

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