bret

bret
Birt \Birt\ (b[~e]rt), n. [OE. byrte; cf. F. bertonneau. Cf. {Bret}, {Burt}.] (Zo["o]l.) A fish of the turbot kind; the brill. [Written also {burt}, {bret}, or {brut}.] [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

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  • Bret — is a male given name. The name is short for Breton, a person from Brittany a region of France. * Bret Baier * Bret Bielema * Bret Boone * Bret Easton Ellis * Bret Hanover * Bret Harrison * Bret Hart (born 1957), Canadian retired professional… …   Wikipedia

  • bret — bret·ta·no·my·ces; bret·wal·da; ca·bret·ta; cel·e·bret; la·bret; li·bret·tist; li·bret·to; bret·on; bret·tes·sé; ca·bret; …   English syllables

  • Bret — Bret, n. (Zo[ o]l.) See {Birt}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bret — Nom très fréquent dans l Isère et la Drôme, et plus généralement dans la région lyonnaise. Il peut désigner celui qui est originaire de Bretagne. C était au Moyen Âge le cas sujet de Breton. Cependant, le mot bret et son cas régime breton peuvent …   Noms de famille

  • bret|on — «BREHT uhn», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a person born or living in Brittany. 2. the language of Brittany. Breton is a Celtic language closely related to Cornish and Welsh. –adj. of or having to do with Brittany, its people, or their language:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Bret|on — «BREHT uhn», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a person born or living in Brittany. 2. the language of Brittany. Breton is a Celtic language closely related to Cornish and Welsh. –adj. of or having to do with Brittany, its people, or their language:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • BRET — may refer to:*Background Radiation Equivalent Time *Bioluminescence resonance energy transfer …   Wikipedia

  • Bret [1] — Bret, 1) (Diele), ein Stück Hol;, welches länger als breit u. dick ist u. dessen beiden Seitenkanten einander parallel sind, wird aus Baumstämmen geschnitten, 6–7 Ellen lang, höchstens 11/2 Zoll dick (dicker nennt man es Pfoste od. Bohle),6–18… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Bret [2] — Bret, See, so v.w. Bray 1) …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Bret [3] — Bret (spr. Breh), 1) Antoine, geb. 1717 in Dijon, st. 1792 in Paris; er schr. außer einigen Schauspielen noch: Mémoires sur la vie de Ninon de Lenclos, Paris 1751; Essai de contes moraux, ebd. 1763; La belle Allemande ebd. 1745; Essai d une… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Bret. — Bret. abbr. Breton. * * * …   Universalium

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