brandon

brandon

1. accusative singular of brando

From Middle French brandon, from Old French brandon, from Frankish *brant, *brand (“burnt log; brand; cinder”) + -on.

• IPA^(key): /bʁɑ̃.dɔ̃/

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brandon m (plural brandons)

1. firebrand; torch made of twisted straw [mid-12th c.]
2. loose, burning material from a fire
3. (figuratively) firebrand (someone or something that is a source of trouble)

   un brandon de discorde

   a bone of contention or a seed of discord

4. straw at the end of a staff placed at the corner of a field to indicate the juridical seizure of a crop

• → Spanish: blandón
• → Galician: brandón

• “brandon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).