Brigid
Americannoun
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Saint. Also a.d. 453–523, Irish abbess: a patron saint of Ireland.
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a female given name.
noun
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When Brigid D’Souza moved to Jersey City in 2005 from Washington, D.C., she and her husband found a home in Newport, a waterfront enclave in the city’s downtown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
That’s the best structure for the benefit, according to Brigid Schulte, a journalist and author and the director of the Better Life Lab at New America, a think tank.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
Long-standing communities exist in Baltimore, Chicago, New York and also Los Angeles, where parishes like St. Brigid and Church of the Transfiguration in South L.A. date back to the Great Migration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
We'd barely ordered chips and guac when I blurted to my Aunt Brigid, "Did you know my mother had another child?"
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024
He pointed dumbly to a shack that turned out not to be Brigid’s house at all, but the housewife inside knew Brigid and gave Lyddie proper directions.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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