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Bertrand

American  
[bur-truhnd, ber-trahn] / ˈbɜr trənd, bɛrˈtrɑ̃ /

noun

  1. a first name, French form of Bertram.


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Burkina Faso winger Bertrand Traore, 30, and left-back Dennis Cirkin, 24, could depart.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Bertrand Vilmer, an aeronautics expert and consultant at Paris-based Icare Aeronautique, said Athens' largely analog-based systems "are robust, but ones for which there's no longer really any possible maintenance because they're old."

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

At the age of 22 he went to study at Cambridge, where he worked under Bertrand Russell, who predicted that his pupil would “do the work I should do, and do it better.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

The only viable path forward lies in renewing a commitment to, as Albert Einstein and Bertrand Russell urged, “remember your humanity, and forget the rest.”

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2025

The British philosopher Bertrand Russell “discovered to my horror that average men and women were delighted at the prospect of war.”

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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