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brian | jared |

As a verb brian

is (dialectal|northern england) to keep fire at the mouth of (as of an oven), to give light or to preserve heat.

As a proper noun jared is

of biblical origin; rare in the english-speaking world until the 1960s.

brian

English

Alternative forms

* Bryan * Bryon

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1865 Charlotte Eliza L. Riddell: Maxwell Drewitt . Tinsley Brothers, London 1865. page 255-256:
    • "What the deuce is their fancy for calling the young beggar Brian'?" he inquired."Is it ' Brian Boroimhe they have gone back to, or is it some of her people, or what?"
    "There was a good Drewitt once," answered Wilhelmina, "- - - and his name was Brian'. - - - And Nannie told her, too, how a child always strains after the person it is called after, and how luck follows names, and worked her up to such a pit finally, that nothing would do her but the young gentleman must be called '''Brian''' and accordingly '''Brian''' he is - ' Brian Archibald. It is not an easy name to make fun out of; so all I can do is to call him Brin Baldy.
  • * 2008 Phill Young: FarArc . Author House 2008. ISBN 1434378365 page 145:
    • Why oh why had his parents even considered Brian'? '''Brian''' is someone who works in a hardware shop or fixes the U bend. What chance did Sir Lovesdaslutalot have in life with a name like '''Brian'''? You can't even shorten ' Brian to Bri without it sounding like a kind of cheese!

    Usage notes

    After the Middle Ages, mostly used in Ireland; and again popular in all English-speaking countries in the 20th century.

    Related terms

    * Bri * Bryant * (feminine forms) Briana, Brianna

    External links

    * (Brian Boru)

    Anagrams

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    jared

    English

    (wikipedia Jared)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.
  • (biblical character) A man mentioned in the (Book of Genesis), a descendant of Adam and of Seth, the father of Enoch, an ancestor of Noah.
  • * :
    • And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
  • (Mormonism) The ancestor of the Jaredites in the Book of Mormon.