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Definition: Brogan |
BroganNoun1. A thick and heavy shoe. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Brogan" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a shoe". |
Synonyms: BroganSynonyms: brogue (n), clodhopper (n), work shoe (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clothing | Shoe, pump, boot, slipper, sandal, galoche, galoshes, patten, clog; sneakers, running shoes, hiking boots; high-low; Blucher boot, wellington boot, Hessian boot, jack boot, top boot; Balmoral; arctics, bootee, bootikin, brogan, chaparajos; chavar, chivarras, chivarros; gums, larrigan, rubbers, showshoe, stogy, veldtschoen, legging, buskin, greave, galligaskin, gamache, gamashes, moccasin, gambado, gaiter, spatterdash, brogue, antigropelos; stocking, hose, gaskins, trunk hose, sock; hosiery. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Sponsor's party at the ship's launching, at Kewaunee, Wisconsin, 16 April 1944. The sponsor, Mrs. C.L. Duvall, is in the right foreground. She was the mother of Lieutenant C.G. Duvall, USAAC, who had recently been killed in the crash of a bomber. Also present are (from left to right): H.C. Brogan, Vice President and General Manager, Kewaunee Shipbuilding & Engineering Corporation; C.L. Duvall, Mayor of Kewaunee, Wisc.; and The Reverend L.A. Spooner, of the Kewaunee Congregational Church, who delivered the invocation at the ceremonies. FP-344 was later renamed FS-344. Transferred to the Navy in 1966, she became USS Pueblo (AGER-2). Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Brogan" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 93.75% of the time. "Brogan" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 93.75% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (common) | 6.25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 16 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "brogan" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Brogan | Last name | 3,000 | 4,273 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Brogan, OR |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
brogan | 32 |
brogan cadillac | 19 |
brogan josh | 16 |
brogan mary museum | 8 |
brogan partner | 5 |
john brogan | 4 |
jim brogan | 3 |
brogan meg | 2 |
brogan pat | 2 |
brogan mary | 2 |
brogan jimmy | 2 |
brogan tony | 2 |
brogan lane | 2 |
brandon brogan | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "brogan"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Greek | χονδροπάπουτσο. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | oganbray ботинок (boot, high shoe, shoe). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "brogan": brogans. (additional references) | |
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"Brogan" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Barogi, Bertolan, bhrogan, bioglan, birrova, Bobgan, bogan, Boganni, Boggan, boggen, bojan, boogan, boran, Borgen, Borgman, Borgogna, Borogon, borongaj, Borovac, braga, Braganca, bragen, bragin, bregdan, briga, brigang, briggan, britan, broag, broan, broge, Brogne, Broguh, Broxap, Bruggen, Brugman, Croggan, Erooga, grogan, Groggan, Grogna, progna, Rogaan. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "brogan" (pronounced brō"gun) |
| 4 | -ō" g u n | Bogan, Logan, shogun, slogan. |
| 3 | -g u n | Balbriggan, bandwagon, bargain, Brannigan, cardigan, collagen, dragon, gorgon, hooligan, jargon, Lagan, longan, Morgan, Morgen, Mulligan, organ, pagan, shenanigan, snapdragon, Tigon, toboggan, wagon. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: barong. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-g-n-o-r" | |
-1 letter: argon, baron, bogan, goban, groan, orang, organ. | |
-2 letters: agon, bang, barn, boar, bong, bora, born, brag, bran, garb, gnar, grab, gran, rang, roan. | |
-3 letters: abo, ago, arb, bag, ban, bar, boa, bog, bra, bro, gab, gan, gar, goa, gob, gor, nab, nag, nob, nog, nor, oar, ora, orb, rag, ran, rob. | |
-4 letters: ab, ag. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-g-n-o-r" | |
+1 letter: barongs, begroan, brogans, hagborn, probang. | |
+2 letters: aborning, aborting, baronage, begroans, bigaroon, boarding, borating, bravoing, garbanzo, laboring, osnaburg, probangs, taboring. | |
+3 letters: abhorring, abnegator, aborigine, absorbing, adsorbing, baronages, begroaned, bigaroons, boardings, boogerman, boomerang, broaching, brocading, bromating, garbanzos, habergeon, harboring, ignorable, labouring, osnaburgs, probating, signboard, tabouring. | |
+4 letters: abnegators, aboriginal, aborigines, abrogating, abrogation, arborizing, background, barhopping, baronetage, begroaning, belaboring, bombarding, boomerangs, broadening, embargoing, forbearing, governable, habergeons, harbouring, loganberry, nonbearing, obturating, outbargain, outbarking, outbraving, overbaking, parboiling, reboarding, signboards, tambouring, tobogganer, urbanology. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 72 6F 67 61 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .-. --- --. .- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01110010 01101111 01100111 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B r o g a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0072 006F 0067 0061 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)368481736780 |
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