Meanings
brogan1
plural brogans
- A heavy working shoe; a brogue.
The wind gusted through, shivering me, so that my waterlogged brogans were like ice against my feet.
2019, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer, Penguin Books (2020), page 651 more example
Whoever's idea it was to depict Eddie Kendricks wearing an oversized orange sweater, baggy pants, and dull brown brogan loafers on the cover should have been fired.
(Can we date this quote?), Andrew Hamilton, “Something More Review”, in allmusic.com, archived from the original on 10 May 2013, people
Brogan2
plural Brogans
- A surname from Irish.
- A male given name.
- A female given name.
- A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
brogan · noun
- Irish*brógán
- Englishbrogan
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).
More words from Irish
Full word history & related roots →Brogan · proper noun
- IrishÓ Brógáin“descendants of Brógán”
- EnglishBrogan
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Brógáin (“descendants of Brógán”), probably from a diminutive of bróg (“shoe”).
More words from Irish
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Cite this entry
brogan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brogan
“brogan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brogan. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brogan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brogan.
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