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Brandon vs Gay - What's the difference?

brandon | gay |

As nouns the difference between brandon and gay

is that brandon is (eo-form of) while gay is nape.

As a verb gay is

to crow.

brandon

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • from the Gaelic Mac Breandáin .
  • transferred from the surnames; also a variant of Brendan. Popular in the U.S. in the 1980s and the 1990s.
  • A CDP in Colorado
  • Any of some towns and villages in England
  • A CDP in Florida
  • A city in Iowa
  • A city in Manitoba
  • A city in Minnesota
  • A city in Mississippi
  • A town in New York
  • A city in South Dakota
  • A town in Vermont
  • A village in Wisconsin

    • Quotations

    * 1520 The Lyfe of Saynt Brandan. Translated from Dutch.Published by Wynkyn de Worde,1483: *: Here begynneth the lyfe of Saynt Brandon'. Saynt ' Brandon , the holy man, was a monke, and borne in Yrlonde * ~1593 William Shakespeare: Richard III: Act V, Scene III : *: Sir William Brandon , you shall bear my standard.

    gay

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
  • from the word gay, "joyful"; rare today.
  • . Also a shortened form of Gabriel, Gaylord and similar names, or transferred from the surname.
  • * 1992 , Unto the Sons , Ballantine Books 1993, ISBN 0804110336, page 15
    • - - - my father's father, Gaetano Talese ( whose name I inherited after my birth in 1932, in the anglicized from of "Gay "), was an atypically fearless traveler,
  • * 2004 , Bad Dirt , Fourth Estate, ISBN 0007196911, page 32
    • "Mr Gay Brawls. What a name."
    "It didn't use to mean what it means now. Plenty were named Gay'. Even in Nevada. Was old ' Gay Pitch had a gas station in Winnemucca. Nobody thought nothin about it and he raised a railroad car of kids.- - -

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