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Breton

Breton \Bret"on\, a. [F. breton.] Of or relating to Brittany, or Bretagne, in France. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Brittany, or Bretagne, in France; also, the ancient language of Brittany; Armorican.

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Breton

"native or language of Brittany," late 14c., from French form of Briton (q.v.).

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Breton

Breton usually refers to:

  • anything associated with Brittany, and generally
    • the Breton people of Brittany
    • the Breton language, a Celtic language spoken in Brittany
    • the Breton (horse), a breed of horses
    • the Breton galette or crêpe, a thin buckwheat flour pancake popular in Brittany
    • the Breton (hat) headgear with upturned brim, said to be based on designs once worn by Breton agricultural workers

Breton may also refer to:

  • Breton (surname)
  • Breton (band), a South London-based music group
  • Breton (Elder Scrolls), a race in The Elder Scrolls game series who are descendants of men and Elves
  • Breton, an alternative name for these wine grapes:
    • Cabernet Franc
    • Béquignol noir
  • Breton (company)
Breton (band)

Breton are an English band from London.

Band members Roman Rappak and Adam Ainger began playing together around 2007, but the full group did not coalesce until several years later. They envisioned themselves as a multimedia artist collective, working from a former NatWest bank building in Elephant and Castle which they dubbed Breton Labs. The group released three extended plays and did remixes for artists such as Tricky, Alt J, The Temper Trap, Lana Del Rey and Local Natives. The group signed to Fatcat Records in 2011 and released their debut full-length, Other People's Problems, early the following year.

For much of 2012-2013 the band played around Europe while writing material in preparation for a follow-up album. As their own studios had been earmarked for demolition, the five-piece moved to Berlin to record the new album. They set up their own label and signed with Believe Recordings (UK) and released the singles "Envy" and "Got Well Soon" by the end of 2013. In early February 2014, the album War Room Stories was released.

Breton's single "Got Well Soon" was included in episode 4 of Life Is Strange, an episodic video game made by Dontnod Entertainment in 2015. This caused a rise in popularity of the single.

Breton (surname)

Breton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • André Breton (1896–1966), French author and surrealist theorist
  • André Breton (1934-1992), Canadian singer
  • Didier Breton, business executive
  • Joel Breton (born 1971), game producer, entrepreneur and disc jockey
  • Jules Adolphe Aime Louis Breton (1827–1906), French realist painter
  • Malan Breton (born 1973), American fashion designer
  • Nicholas Breton, 16th-century poet
  • Thierry Breton (born 1955), chairman and CEO of Atos S.A.
  • Tomás Bretón (1850–1923), Spanish musician and composer
Breton (company)

Breton S.p.A. is an Italian privately held company established in 1963. The company produces machines and plants for engineered stone and metalworking. Machines and plants by Breton can be used in diverse sectors such as die-making, aerospace, automotive, racing cars, energy, gears, general mechanics, stone processing and kitchen top manufacturing.

Breton (hat)

A Breton (or Bretonne) is a woman's hat with a round crown and a deep brim that is turned upwards all the way round, exposing the face. Sometimes the hat has a domed crown. Typically it is worn tilted to the back of the head.

The style first appeared under this name in the 19th century and was generally made of lightweight and malleable material such as straw or felt. It is said to derive from the straw hats traditionally worn by Breton agricultural workers. It is not to be confused with the Breton cap, a fabric cap with a peak at the front associated with fishermen.

Usage examples of "breton".

Just as Clara Gazul is the female pseudonym of a distinguished male writer, George Sand the masculine pseudonym of a woman of genius, so Camille Maupin was the mask behind which was long hidden a charming young woman, very well-born, a Breton, named Felicite des Touches, the person who was now causing such lively anxiety to the Baronne du Guenic and the excellent rector of Guerande.

The young Breton found Beatrix between two very distinguished men, Canalis and Raoul Nathan, a statesman and a man of letters.

On the ferry in the middle of the Strait of Canso, Lily puts the diary down and looks behind her at Cape Breton because she will never see it again.

Truro, Nova Scotia, to Port Mulgrave, where he passed over the Strait of Canso to Cape Breton.

Les Bretons sont remarquables par leurs danses et par les airs de ces danses.

Set on stormy Cape Breton Island off Nova Scotia, Fall on Your Knees is an internationally acclaimed multigenerational saga that chronicles the lives of four unforgettable sisters.

Cape Breton, in exchange for a petty factory in the East Indies, belonging to a private company, whose existence had been deemed prejudicial to the commonwealth.

Mademoiselle Zephirine had ordered the best wine to be brought from the cellar, and Mariotte had surpassed herself in her Breton dishes.

It was about the middle of February that a considerable squadron sailed from England for Cape Breton, under the command of admirals Saunders and Holmes, two gentlemen of worth and probity, who had on several occasions signalised their courage and conduct in the service of their country.

Cape Breton, and did all the ill offices their hatred could suggest against the colonies and subjects of Great Britain.

The Port Hawkesbury steamboat from Shediac for that week had gone, to be sure, but we could take one of another line which would leave us at Pictou, whence we could take another across to Port Hood, on Cape Breton.

New England being embarked m transports, sailed immediately for the isle of Cape Breton, where they landed without opposition.

Philip of Rabenstein was bringing by sea six Breton and Provencal vessels, and three Genoese caracks, carrying 6500 invaders.

For this part of the Isles, blondes prevailed, a legacy of both the Saxons and the Danes, unlike the slightly darker Normans whose blood had mixed with Franks and Bretons.

Bretons and Normans and Provencals and Parisians and a weird little group of Poitevin fanatics.