Brienne

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Brienne

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From French Brienne.

proper noun

The town of Brienne-le-Château in France. Napoleon was nearly captured by the Cossacks after the Battle of Brienne, but was saved by one of his generals.
The commune of Brienne in Saône-et-Loire, France.
obsolete A surname from French. Ellipsis of de Brienne; obsolete spelling of Bryan (“de Bryan”).
rare A female given name, in occasional modern use. 2009, Brienne J. Meyer, Adirondack Mycorrhizal and Saprobic Macromycetes

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@misc{brienne_2026,
  title = {Brienne},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brienne},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}