Meaning of Brett | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname transferred from the nickname meaning "Breton, an inhabitant of Brittany".
2. Brettanomyces, a yeast genus that is used in brewing some beers, and can also affect the taste of wine.
   informal, uncountable
3. Alternative letter-case form of Brett (“Brettanomyces”).
   alt-of, uncountable
4. A britchka; a kind of horse-drawn carriage.
   archaic
5. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
6. A fault in wine caused by Brettanomyces yeast.
   informal, uncountable
7. A river in Suffolk, England, which joins the Suffolk River Stour at Higham in Babergh district.

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Examples

“The brewery produces a series of wild brett beers called Cases of the Mondays, a name inspired by the movie Office Space.”

““Wild Wild Brett,” an early experiment of all-brett beers based on the color spectrum is now a part of the Crooked Stave lore, too.”

“In his cast of characters, you really see a disproportionate focus, I think, on Black women - on Kamala Harris, who he's insinuated only has her job today because of who she dated; to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who he's demanded the LSAT scores of - I don't recall him demanding the LSAT scores for Brett Kavanaugh - Karine Jean-Pierre.”

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