BRIGID

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• BRIGID (noun)
  The noun BRIGID has 1 sense:

1. Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)

  Familiarity information: BRIGID used as a noun is very rare.

• BRIGID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bride; Bridget; Brigid; Saint Bride; Saint Bridget; Saint Brigid; St. Bride; St. Bridget; St. Brigid

Instance hypernyms:

abbess; mother superior; prioress (the superior of a group of nuns)

saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

 Context examples 

"(...) I always knew this time would come — and when I saw how fast Brigid was running I knew the record would go if she could maintain her pace", Radcliffe said.

(Kenya's Brigid Kosgei sets new world record at Chicago Marathon, Wikinews)

Brigid Kosgei of Kenya won the 2019 Chicago Marathon and broke the long-standing marathon world record for women competing in mixed-sex marathons.

(Kenya's Brigid Kosgei sets new world record at Chicago Marathon, Wikinews)