brattach

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noun

The standard of a Highland clan.

OriginScottish Gaelic bratach ← Old Irish bratach →
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Meanings

nounbrattach (plural brattachs)

plural brattachs

  1. The standard of a Highland clan.

Origin

  1. Old Irishbratach
  2. Scottish Gaelicbratach
  3. Englishbrattach

From Scottish Gaelic bratach, from Old Irish bratach; see brat (“cloak, mantle”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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