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BRIDGET

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Overview

BRIDGET (noun)
  The noun BRIDGET has 1 sense:

1. Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)play

  Familiarity information: BRIDGET used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


BRIDGET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bride; Bridget; Brigid; Saint Bride; Saint Bridget; Saint Brigid; St. Bride; St. Bridget; St. Brigid

Instance hypernyms:

abbess; mother superior; prioress (the superior of a group of nuns)

saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)


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