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Bret

Bret

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A man's first name
  • proper noun
  • /brɛt/
: Bret
  • Bret must be in a living hell right now.
  • Bret Harte

If the lead singer is Bret Michaels, then I'm sure it is poison.

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Examples

  • The beers are there, but Bret is gone.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Yes, man, look at Bret Baier's face right now.

  • So I was here, and I get this text from Bret, two of them, actually.

  • And what if Bret happened to be at the beach right now?

    Fiction book (2002)
  • I just have to go tell Bret.

  • I liked it just now when you called me Bret.

  • What did he have, Bret?

  • Everyone has had such a difficult time pinpointing what is wrong with Bret.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Ryan glided over quickly, but Bret was in the lead.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • I received a message from Bret earlier today asking if we could meet for lunch.

Surface Forms

Bret main

Etymology

The word Bret is a male first name or family name and a variant of Brett that comes from a word for a person from Brittany in France. It originally meant 'from Brittany', so the name marked someone who came from that place and today it is still used as a family name or a first name.