Brandeis

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/ˈbɹændaɪs/

proper noun

A surname transferred from the place name.

OriginGerman Brandeis →
Less commonScrabble 11
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A surname transferred from the place name.

    The "hipster effect," as explained by Brandeis University researchers, goes like this: Those in an anti-conformist population still conform to themselves.

    2019 March 11, Josh Hafner, “All hipsters look alike? Man claims article's 'hipster' photo is him, only to be mistaken”, in USA Today, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2024

Origin

  1. GermanBrandeis
  2. EnglishBrandeis

Borrowed from German Brandeis.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

brandise
Cite this entry
APA

Brandeis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brandeis

MLA

“Brandeis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brandeis. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Brandeis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brandeis.

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