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Breton
1[ bruh-tawn ]
noun
- An·dré [ah, n, -, drey], 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- Jules A·dolphe [zhyl , a, -, dawlf], 1827–1906, French painter.
Breton
2[ bret-n; French bruh-tawn ]
noun
- a native or inhabitant of Brittany.
- Also called Armorican, the Celtic language of Brittany.
- (often lowercase) a round hat for women, with a flat crown and a turned-up brim.
adjective
- pertaining to Brittany, the Bretons, or their language.
Breton
1/ brətɔ̃ /
noun
- BretonAndré18961966MFrenchWRITING: poetARTS AND CRAFTS: critic André (ɑ̃dre). 1896–1966, French poet and art critic: founder and chief theorist of surrealism, publishing the first surrealist manifesto in 1924
Breton
2/ ˈbrɛtən; brətɔ̃ /
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of Brittany, its people, or their language
noun
- a native or inhabitant of Brittany, esp one who speaks the Breton language
- the indigenous language of Brittany, belonging to the Brythonic subgroup of the Celtic family of languages
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
In one thing alone, except my painting, was I serious, and that was something which lay hidden if not lost in the Breton forests.
The Surrealists actually had a formal Surrealist Manifesto (convenient) by André Breton.
“We need no forks to make hay with our mouths, to throw our meat into them,” noted the poet Nicholas Breton in 1618.
"Milor, the matter admits of no settlement," said the Breton menacingly, rising from his chair.
The child of Finnish sea-folk who had drifted to Brest and died there, she had been adopted by an old Breton sea-dog and his wife.
I know of no other kind of song to compare with it, unless it were perhaps the songs of the Tyrol and a few Breton ballads.
In a moment the Breton woman returned with a dainty little case of gold with a monogram of sapphires in one corner.
Four dialects are pretty clearly marked (see the article Celt: Language, "Breton," p. 328).
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