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Bret⋅on

[bret-n; Fr. bruh-tawn]
–noun
1. a native or inhabitant of Brittany.
2. Also called Armorican, Armoric. the Celtic language of Brittany.
3. (often lowercase) a round hat for women, with a flat crown and a turned-up brim.
–adjective
4. pertaining to Brittany, the Bretons, or their language.

Origin:
1815–20; < F breton; r. Britain, Brit(t)on, Breton used for both this sense and the sense of Briton
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Bre⋅ton

[bruh-tawn]
–noun
1. An⋅dré [ahn-drey] , 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
2. Jules A⋅dolphe [zhyl a-dawlf] , 1827–1906, French painter.
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Bret·on   (brět'n)   
adj.  Of or relating to Brittany or its people, language, or culture.
n.  
  1. A native or inhabitant of Brittany.

  2. The Celtic language of Brittany. Also called Armoric.


[Middle English, from Old French; see Briton.]
Bre·ton   (brĭ-tôɴ')   
French poet and literary theorist. He began to write after World War I, at first linking himself with Dadaism but breaking with that movement to write the first manifesto of surrealism (1924).
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Breton 
"native or language of Brittany," c.1386, from Fr. form of Briton (q.v.).
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