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brogan¹

Where it comes from

An alteration of brogue. Most dictionaries give the source as Irish *brógán (from bróg (“shoe”) + -án (diminutive suffix)) or its Scottish Gaelic equivalent, but no such word can be confirmed to exist in either language (apart from the given name Brógán, the source of the surname Brogan).

noun brogans

  1. A heavy working shoe; a brogue. The wind gusted through, shivering me, so that my waterlogged brogans were like ice against my feet.

Brogan²

Where it comes from

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Brógáin (“descendants of Brógán”), probably from a diminutive of bróg (“shoe”).

proper noun Brogans

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A male given name.
  3. A female given name.
  4. A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  5. A census-designated place in Malheur County, Oregon, United States.

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@misc{brogan_2026,
  title = {brogan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brogan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}