English Explanatory Dictionary

Brau

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Brau Braus

Etymology

Two possible origins: * Borrowed from South German Bräu, an occupational surname from a shortened form of an agent noun denoting a brewer; * Borrowed from Catalan and southern French Brau, a nickname from Catalan brau (“brave, fierce”) or Occitan brau (“wild”).

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