brandon
See also: Brandon
Esperanto edit
Noun edit
brandon
- accusative singular of brando
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French brandon, from Old French brandon, from Frankish *brand (“burnt log; brand; cinder”) + -on.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brandon m (plural brandons)
- firebrand; torch made of twisted straw [from mid-12th c.]
- loose, burning material from a fire
- (figuratively) firebrand (someone or something that is a source of trouble)
- un brandon de discorde
- a bone of contention or a seed of discord
- straw at the end of a staff placed at the corner of a field to indicate the juridical seizure of a crop
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “brandon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.