Etymology

brogan

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Today it means: A heavy working shoe; a brogue. Full definition →

Irish *brógán
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brogan · noun1

  1. Irish · derived from*brógán
  2. English todaybrogan

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).

Brogan · proper noun2

  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Brógáin“descendants of Brógán”
  2. English todayBrogan

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

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