Bridget

English Etymology en ine-pro *bʰerǵʰ- English form of the en ga - saints' name Brighid, Brigid. en Bride. Pronunciation en /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪt/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bridget.wav Southern England en ɪdʒɪt 2 Proper noun en female Irish. I ii 45 And when Miſtreſſe Briget loſt the handle of her Fan, I took't vpon mine honour thou hadſt it not. en 2000 David Pierce Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader Cork University Press. 1859182585 8–9 Of all the beautiful Christian names of women which were in use a century or two ago Brighid (Breed), under the ugly form of Bridget, or still worse, Biddy, and Eiblin under the form of Eveleen, and perhaps Norah, seem to be the only survivals, and they are becoming rarer. Translations female given name Breton: br Berc'hed, br Brec'hed Bulgarian: bg Бриги́та f, bg Бри́джит f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 布里奇特 Bùlǐqíte, cmn 布麗姬 Bùlìjī, cmn 布莉姬 Bùlìjī, cmn 彼濟大 Bǐjìdà Catholic Czech: cs Brigita f Danish: da Birgitte Esperanto: eo Birgita Estonian: et Piret Faroese: fo Birita f Finnish: fi Pirkko French: fr Brigitte Georgian: ka ბრიგიტა German: de Brigitte Greenlandic: kl Bikki Irish: ga Bríd f, ga Brighid f pre-spelling reform Italian: it Brigida, it Brigitta f Latvian: lv Brigita f Lithuanian: lt Brigita f Manx: gv Breeshey f Norwegian: no Birgitte Old Norse: non Brígiða f Polish: pl Brygida f Portuguese: pt Brígida f Russian: ru Бриги́тта f, ru Бри́джит f Sami: Northern Sami: se Biret Scottish Gaelic: gd Brìghde Spanish: es Brigida Swedish: sv Birgitta, sv Birgit Vietnamese: vi Brigitta Welsh: cy Ffraid f Noun en US dated An Irish housemaid. en 1891 Ellen Battelle Dietrick w:Good Housekeeping So long as any Bridget just landed (even before she has learned to walk comfortably in American shoes) can be sure of four dollars a week and her board and prequisites, it is the Bridgets who are really mistress of the situation. 1944 671 My nurse, my Bridget, has gone back North. She said she wouldn’t stay another day down here among the ‘naygurs’ as she calls them. en 2009 Aife Murray Maid as Muse: How Servants Changed Emily Dickinson's Life and Language Beggar lads, emigrants, mowers, slaves, rustics, Malays, Bridgets, and porters peopled her work en 2-syllable words