English Explanatory Dictionary

Briggs

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A topographic surname from Middle English.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
  3. An unincporated community in Washington Township, Whitley County, Indiana.
  4. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nebraska.
  5. An extinct town in Washington County, Ohio.
  6. A census-designated place in Cherokee County, Oklahoma.
  7. An unincorporated community in Burnet County, Texas.
  8. An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Virginia.

Pronunciation

/bɹɪɡz/

Word forms

Briggs

Etymology

From the genitive or plural form of Middle English brigge (“bridge”).

Derived words

Briggsian Briggs logarithm
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