English Explanatory Dictionary

brogan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A heavy working shoe; a brogue.
name
  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A male given name.
  3. A female given name.
  4. A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  5. A census-designated place in Malheur County, Oregon, United States.

Word forms

brogan brogans

Etymology

An alteration of brogue. Most dictionaries give the source as Irish *brógán (from bróg (“shoe”) + -án (diminutive suffix)) or its Scottish Gaelic equivalent, but no such word can be confirmed to exist in either language (apart from the given name Brógán, the source of the surname Brogan).

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