"brehon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brehons [plural]
Etymology: From an Anglicized oblique form (such as genitive singular breitheamhan or dative singular breitheamhain) of Irish breitheamh, from Old Irish brithem, from breth (“judgment”). Etymology templates: {{m|ga|breitheamhan}} breitheamhan, {{m|ga|breitheamhain}} breitheamhain, {{der|en|ga|breitheamh}} Irish breitheamh, {{der|en|sga|brithem}} Old Irish brithem, {{m|sga|breth||judgment}} breth (“judgment”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} brehon (plural brehons)
  1. (Ireland, historical) A judge or lawgiver in ancient Celtic Ireland. Tags: Ireland, historical Categories (topical): People Derived forms: Brehon laws
    Sense id: en-brehon-en-noun-S3ulmWSs Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Irish English

Inflected forms

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