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Figure of speech referring to a superficial means of appeasement
"Bread and circuses" (or "bread and games"; from Latin: panem et circenses) is a metonymic phrase referring to superficial appeasement. It is attributed
Bread_and_circuses
25th episode of the 2nd season of Star Trek: The Original Series
"Bread and Circuses" is the twenty-fifth and penultimate episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written
Bread and Circuses (Star Trek: The Original Series)
Bread_and_Circuses_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up bread and circuses in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bread and circuses was how the Roman poet Juvenal characterized the imperial leadership's
Bread and Circuses (disambiguation)
Bread_and_Circuses_(disambiguation)
1986 studio album by the Durutti Column
"The Durutti Column: Circuses and Bread". Archived from the original on 28 March 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025. "Circuses And Bread". burningshed.com.
Circuses_and_Bread
1997 studio album by Colosseum
Bread & Circuses is a 1997 album by Colosseum. "Watching Your Every Move" (Dick Heckstall-Smith, Clem Clempson, Jon Hiseman) – 4:03 "Bread & Circuses"
Bread and Circuses (Colosseum album)
Bread_and_Circuses_(Colosseum_album)
2012 studio album by Saigon
The Greatest Story Never Told Chapter 2: Bread and Circuses is the second studio album by American hip hop recording artist Saigon. The album was released
The Greatest Story Never Told Chapter 2: Bread and Circuses
The_Greatest_Story_Never_Told_Chapter_2:_Bread_and_Circuses
1989 studio album by Toad the Wet Sprocket
Bread & Circus is the debut album by American alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket, originally self-released on cassette in 1988, and re-released
Bread_&_Circus
Slogan
Member of Parliament, and author of Bread and Roses: Her Story – an autobiography Bread and Roses, a Ken Loach movie Bread and circuses Rose (symbolism) List
Bread_and_Roses
5th episode of the 1st season of Hell on Wheels
"Bread and Circuses" is the fifth episode of the first season of the American television drama series Hell on Wheels; it aired December 4, 2011 on AMC
Bread and Circuses (Hell on Wheels)
Bread_and_Circuses_(Hell_on_Wheels)
2011 studio album by the View
Bread and Circuses is the third studio album by the View. It was recorded with producer Youth in 2010. In late 2010, the band went on an expansive tour
Bread and Circuses (The View album)
Bread_and_Circuses_(The_View_album)
Ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine sport
wealthy backers. Generous imperial subsidies of "bread and circuses" kept the Roman masses fed, entertained and distracted. Organised violence between rival
Chariot_racing
Scottish indie rock band
Forever and it would be released on 14 March 2011; however, on 13 January 2011, they announced the album would instead be called Bread and Circuses. They
The_View_(band)
English jazz-rock band
1997 to promote their new studio album "Bread and Circuses". They also appeared at major festivals in 1998, 1999 and 2000. In 2003 they toured on the back
Colosseum_(band)
Import and distribution of grain in Rome and Constantinople
summed up as "bread and circuses". Sufficient capacity to supply the Cura system required both adequate production in the provinces and the operation
Cura_annonae
Temporal Cold War and return to their own time. ("Storm Front" (ENT)) 1945 World War II ends with 70–85 million dead ("Bread and Circuses (TOS)"). The United
Timeline_of_Star_Trek
27 BC–476/1453 AD state and civilization
for "bread and circuses", he was referring to the state-provided grain dole and the circenses, events held in the entertainment venue called a circus. The
Roman_Empire
2002 live album by Graham Collier and the Collective
Bread and Circuses is a live album by composer Graham Collier accompanied by the Collective featuring two suites performed in Australia and released on
Bread and Circuses (Graham Collier album)
Bread_and_Circuses_(Graham_Collier_album)
Food made of flour and water
politicians and the public as caring only for "panem et circenses" (bread and circuses). In Russia in 1917, the Bolsheviks promised "peace, land, and bread." The
Bread
1985 book by Neil Postman
on society in general. Books portal Technology portal B-Television Bread and circuses Infotainment Media criticism Bowling Alone Capitalist Realism The
Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death
"bread and circuses". She was born Helen Parry, the daughter of Edward Abbott Parry. She was educated at Roedean School, Manchester University, and King's
Helen_Parry_Eden
British actress (born 1938)
Forster-Brown. They also appeared together in an episode of Heartbeat ("Bread and Circuses", 2002). In 2010, Bell featured in the Doctor Who audio drama A Thousand
Ann_Bell
Large open-air venue used for public events in the ancient Roman Empire
similar to the ancient Greek hippodrome. Along with theatres and amphitheatres, circuses were one of the main entertainment venues at the time. Similar
Roman_circus
American television producer
producer and the chief executive officer of Roddenberry Entertainment. He is the son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett and is an executive
Rod_Roddenberry
American actor (1896–1992)
episodes of the original Star Trek television series: "Bread and Circuses" (1968) as Septimus, and "All Our Yesterdays" (1969) as Mr. Atoz. He guest-starred
Ian_Wolfe
original (PDF) on 23 February 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2023. Bread and Circuses: "ARIA Report: Issue 1101" (PDF). ARIA. Archived from the original (PDF)
The_View_discography
American journalist (1949–2017)
Review Institute and the Washington, D.C. editor of National Review. Her column, "Bread and Circuses," covered Congress, politics, and U.S. domestic policy
Kate_O'Beirne
1968 studio album by various artists
(Latin for Bread and circuses) is a 1968 collaboration album by artists including Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Tom Zé, Nara Leão, Os Mutantes and Gal Costa
Tropicália ou Panis et Circencis
Tropicália_ou_Panis_et_Circencis
26th episode of the 2nd season of Star Trek: The Original Series
"Assignment: Earth" is the twenty-sixth and final episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by
Assignment:_Earth
24th episode of the 2nd season of Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek. Written by D.C. Fontana (based on a story by Laurence N. Wolfe) and directed by John Meredyth Lucas, it was first broadcast on March 8, 1968
The_Ultimate_Computer
American screenwriter, TV producer and novelist, best known for his work on Star Trek
"Metamorphosis"), the advancement and the definition of the Prime Directive in "The Return of the Archons" and "Bread and Circuses", respectively, the official
Gene_L._Coon
American rapper (born 1977)
Story Never Told (2011) The Greatest Story Never Told Chapter 2: Bread and Circuses (2012) G.S.N.T. 3: The Troubled Times of Brian Carenard (2014) Pain
Saigon_(rapper)
2026 mixed martial arts event
cage fighting" and eruptions of "casual cruelty" as "astonishing". The Associated Press described the event as "bread and circuses" and interviewed historians
UFC_Freedom_250
American screenwriter and producer (1921–1991)
and consume enormous amounts of bread, having found the Word more spice than nourishment, so I am interested in a statement couched in dollars and cents
Gene_Roddenberry
Practice of wealthy individuals distributing wealth to the community
Empire at that time, the full euergetism analyzed by Veyne in his book Bread and Circuses. Hellenistic generosity is a social practice in which rich people
Euergetism
Polish property mogul (1919–1962)
Straight in Notting Hill Gate: A West London Psychogeography Report. Bread and Circuses Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62517-202-0. Retrieved 1 February 2020. Glinert
Peter_Rachman
Mental diversion from unpleasant or boring aspects of life
of the people – what Juvenal called "bread and the games". Social philosopher Ernst Bloch wrote that utopias and images of fulfillment, however regressive
Escapism
Collection of satirical poems by Juvenal
originate in Juvenal's Satires: Bread and circuses (X.81): Commoners can be placated with Panem et circenses (bread and circuses). Healthy mind in a healthy
Satires_(Juvenal)
Canadian actor
First Nation in Alberta. Morris now resides on his reserve raising children and working as an auto mechanic. "Morris Bird Yellowhead". List of Actors. Paul
Morris_Birdyellowhead
American sci-fi TV series (1966–1969)
"Bread and Circuses" and "The Omega Glory" have themes that are more pro-Christian or patriotic.[original research?] The show experienced network and sponsor
Star Trek: The Original Series
Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series
English singer and songwriter
2013. Jeffries, David. "The Greatest Story Never Told, Chapter 2: Bread and Circuses – Saigon > Overview". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 22 June
Marsha_Ambrosius
Puppet theater in Vermont, US
The Bread and Puppet Theater (often known simply as Bread & Puppet) is a politically radical puppet theater, active since the 1960s, based in Glover,
Bread_and_Puppet_Theater
Ancient Roman culinary habits and attitudes
commands, consulships, legions and all else, now meddles no more and longs eagerly for just two things: bread and circuses. Romans who received the dole
Food_in_ancient_Rome
Ancient Roman title
the Príncipe subspecies of Timneh parrot The Star Trek episode "Bread and Circuses" takes place on Magna Roma, an alternate Earth where the Roman Empire
Princeps
American actor (1928–1985)
in the second-season episode of the TV series Star Trek entitled "Bread and Circuses". Bramley made guest appearances on such TV series as Gunsmoke, Bonanza
William_Bramley
Topics referred to by the same term
American rapper Saigon from The Greatest Story Never Told Chapter 2: Bread and Circuses Game Changer (soundtrack), soundtrack album from the 2025 film of
Game_Changer
American actor (1930–2014)
Star Trek in 1967 as gladiator Flavius Maximus ("Bread and Circuses", 1968), Here's Lucy (also 1968), and The Bob Newhart Show (1976). Reason appeared as
Rhodes_Reason
Australian writer
including Borderlands, Aurealis and Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. One story in particular, "Bread and Circuses", was the recipient of positive
Felicity_Dowker
2024 television series
About to Die doles out enough bread and circuses to state viewers' bloodlust, but its lack of compelling characters and narrative cohesion doesn't quite
Those_About_to_Die
stars William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk, Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock, and DeForest Kelley as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy aboard the fictional Federation
List of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes
List_of_Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series_episodes
American actor
of television and film for nearly 50 years. Ramsey was born in Long Beach, California, the son of Harriet Lillian (née Kilmartin) and Captain Logan Carlisle
Logan_Ramsey
Topics referred to by the same term
from the album Wrath "Grace", a 2010 song by The View from the album Bread and Circuses "Grace", a 2011 song by Nerina Pallot from the album Year of the Wolf
Grace
placed a ten-episode order. It premiered on June 22, 2014, at 9:00 p.m. EDT and aired 56 episodes over 5 seasons, with the final episode on November 11,
List of The Last Ship episodes
List_of_The_Last_Ship_episodes
1991 studio album by Billy Bragg
Japanese bonus tracks "Bad Penny" (B-side of "Sexuality") – 2:49 "Bread and Circuses" (Bragg, Natalie Merchant) (B-side of "You Woke Up My Neighbourhood")
Don't Try This at Home (Billy Bragg album)
Don't_Try_This_at_Home_(Billy_Bragg_album)
and a high born youth who, like Julian the Apostate, fights the power of the Church. Bread and Circuses (Star Trek: The Original Series) Tarzan and the
List of fiction set in ancient Rome
List_of_fiction_set_in_ancient_Rome
Large permanent human settlement
41, 189–192. Fred Coalter, "The FIFA World Cup and Social Cohesion: Bread and Circuses or Bread and Butter? Archived 10 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine";
City
Musical artist
organised as an alternative to the cheesy and conservative pop of the established Eurovision proper – a 'bread and circuses’ extravaganza in the eyes of many
Misty_in_Roots
Show rod (car) built by Gene Winfield
episode "Super Car" S3 E19 produced by Screen Gems. Star Trek, episode "Bread and Circuses" (as the Jupiter 8) S2 E25 produced by Paramount Television. At least
The_Reactor_(show_rod)
Album & Label. Rap Radar. Retrieved on 2016-09-10. Saigon Launches New Label And Announces New Album – XXL. Xxlmag.com. Retrieved on September 10, 2016. "Twenty-One
Saigon_discography
2003 studio album by Colosseum
Greenslade - synthesizer, piano, Hammond organ Mark Clarke - bass, backing and lead (9) vocals Jon Hiseman - drums, cymbals "Tomorrow's Blues". AllMusic
Tomorrow's_Blues
English political activist (1941–2021)
Situationism and the Sixties. Bread and Circuses Publishing. ISBN 9781495639463. Savage, Jon (1991). England's dreaming: Sex Pistols and punk rock. Faber
Charles_Radcliffe
Say (The Incredible)" 08. "Church for Thugs" 13. "No More Fun and Games" 09. "Bread and Butter" (featuring Sadat X & Grand Puba) 01. "534" 02. "Interlude"
Just Blaze production discography
Just_Blaze_production_discography
2014 studio album by Saigon
Bleek, Lil Bibby, Kool G Rap and Bryonn Bain. The album was supported by the singles "Best Mistake", "Sinner's Prayer" and "Nunya". On December 9, 2013
G.S.N.T. 3: The Troubled Times of Brian Carenard
G.S.N.T._3:_The_Troubled_Times_of_Brian_Carenard
General body of free Roman citizens
others live in dilapidated cities referred to as the "pleeblands". Bread and circuses – Figure of speech referring to a superficial means of appeasement
Plebeians
21st episode of the 1st season of Star Trek: The Original Series
Federation and twenty-third century Earth." Indeed, the Prime Directive would only truly be honored during the series in the episode "Bread and Circuses". Location
The_Return_of_the_Archons
English drummer and sound engineer (1944–2018)
Cologne (1994) The Complete Reunion Concert - Cologne (1994) (DVD) Bread and Circuses (1997) Tomorrow's Blues (2003) Live05 (2005) Time On Our Side (2014)
Jon_Hiseman
Greek rhetorical term for appeals to emotion
as "the birth of postmodern tragedy" and "marks the beginning of the so-called Disaster Appeal." Bread and circuses Catharsis Dukkha Pathetic fallacy Pathology
Pathos
Strategy of American conservatives
the libs offers bread and circuses for the pro-Trump right while Republicans quietly pursue a traditional program of deregulation and tax cuts at the
Owning_the_libs
23rd episode of the 2nd season of Star Trek: The Original Series
Roddenberry and directed by Vincent McEveety, it was first broadcast March 1, 1968. In the episode, Captain Kirk must find the cure to a deadly disease and put
The_Omega_Glory
bread and circuses: satisfaction of shallow or immediate desires of the populace at the expense of good policy; also, the erosion of civic duty and the
List_of_political_metaphors
1924 novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin
sport in Roman gladiator games as a form of entertainment, "bread and circuses", suggesting a war that was meant to distract the population from a power
We_(novel)
Metaphorical expression for religion
internet, and other entertainment, etc. This can be seen as a parallel to the concept of bread and circuses.[citation needed] In 2016 in the Atlantic and on
Opium_of_the_people
Latin phase for using religion as a political tool
the concept was taken up by Niccolò Machiavelli in his The Prince. Bread and circuses, also known as Panem et circenses – Figure of speech referring to
Instrumentum_regni
English bassist (born 1950)
Concerts 1997 – Bread and Circuses 2003 – Tomorrow's Blues 2007 – Live05 2014 – Time On Our Side 2022 – Restoration Uriah Heep 1972 – Demons and Wizards Tempest
Mark_Clarke_(musician)
2010 novel by Suzanne Collins
which means "Bread and Circuses" and refers to the strategy used by Roman emperors to appease the masses by providing them with food and entertainment
Mockingjay
Spanish army officer and governor of Puerto Rico
policy which he called "dance, drink and dice" (baile, botella y baraja, similar to the Romans "bread and circuses"), implying that a well entertained
Miguel_de_la_Torre
4th episode of the 1st season of Hell on Wheels
2011 on AMC, and was written by Jami O'Brien, directed by Alex Zakrzewski, and produced by Tony Gayton, Joe Gayton, Jeremy Gold, and John Shiban. The
Jamais_Je_Ne_T'oublierai
Political state directed towards the performance of drama and ritual
spectacular acrobatics and sumptuous pageantry” to control the Indonesians. Negara: The Theatre State in Nineteenth-Century Bali Bread and circuses Military parades
Theatre_state
20th-century Western social movement
and thus an impediment to any real political change which might emancipate the individual from "totalitarian democracy". (See also Bread and circuses
Sexual_revolution
2025 youth-led protests in Morocco
deprecated archival service (link) Zaaimi, Sarah (7 October 2025). "'Bread and circuses' no more: Morocco's Gen Z rejects spectacle politics". MENASource
2025_Moroccan_Gen_Z_protests
Short phrases stating the ideals of the rule of Spain by Francisco Franco
reflected in the expression "Pan y fútbol" ("Bread and football", adapted from the phrase "Bread and circuses", used to describe a government's attempts
Mottos_of_Francoist_Spain
6th episode of the 1st season of Hell on Wheels
"Pride, Pomp and Circumstance" is the sixth episode of the first season of the American television drama series Hell on Wheels; it aired December 11,
Pride,_Pomp_and_Circumstance
Album by Million Dead
celebrate its 10th anniversary. All songs were written by Million Dead. "Bread and Circuses" – 2:33 "Holloway Prison Blues" – 4:15 "After the Rush Hour" – 3:29
Harmony_No_Harmony
Informal logical fallacy
growth. Think of the children Checkers speech Reductio ad Hitlerum Bread and circuses Fake news Post-truth politics Argumentum ad lazarum Labossiere, Michael
Appeal_to_emotion
2013 EP by the View
EP. Two tracks from the EP, "Sunday" and "Happy", were previously included on the band's album Bread and Circuses. "Sunday" "Happy" "Sideways" "Alone"
Cutting_Corners_(EP)
Filipino indie pop band
Sight of Love" (digital single – February 2010, Lilystars Records) Bread and Circuses (CD EP – December 2010, Lilystars Records) Tara FT Sering "The Philippine
The_Camerawalls
First pilot of Star Trek: The Original Series
episode was written by Gene Roddenberry and directed by Robert Butler. In February 1965, NBC rejected it, and the network ordered another pilot episode
The Cage (Star Trek: The Original Series)
The_Cage_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)
English actor (1924–2024)
who performed as both Russell Enoch and William Russell. His career on stage and screen spanned over seven decades and he first achieved prominence in the
William Russell (English actor)
William_Russell_(English_actor)
Fan-created series based on Star Trek
Bread and Savagery to the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Bread and Circuses" around 20 minutes of footage mostly from promotional material can be
Star_Trek:_New_Voyages
British submachine gun series
Brigades, Angry Brigade. The Spectacle of Terror in Post War Europe. Bread and Circuses. "BULGARIAN SMALL ARMS OF WORLD WAR II, PART 2: FROM MAXIM OBRAZETZ
Sten
series created and produced by Joe and Tony Gayton. The series was broadcast in the United States and Canada on the cable channel AMC and premiered on November
List of Hell on Wheels episodes
List_of_Hell_on_Wheels_episodes
Term for forms of popular culture with mass appeal
generative artificial intelligence Brain rot – Low quality online content Bread and circuses – Figure of speech referring to a superficial means of appeasement
Low_culture
Libertarian Maoist ideology
04. Wise, David (2014). "The Late 1960s and King Mob". King Mob: A Critical Hidden History. Bread and Circuses Publishing. ISBN 9781625174031. Cordoba
Mao-spontex
Fictional Starfleet rule in Star Trek
than violate the Prime Directive." In the second-season episode "Bread and Circuses", the crew discusses that the Prime Directive is in effect, saying
Prime_Directive
Housing estate in North Kensington, London
Psychogeography Report. Bread and Circuses Publishing. ISBN 9781625172020. Retrieved 19 June 2017. "The Potteries and the Bramley Road area and the Rise of the
Lancaster_West_Estate
2012 studio album by the View
21-date tour. "How Long" was the first single to be released from the album and was made available for download on 6 June 2012. Reviews of the album were
Cheeky_for_a_Reason
Filipino singer-songwriter and music producer
Lilystars Records) Boys in the Backrooms - (2017 - Lilystar Records) Bread and Circuses - (December 2010 - Lilystars Records) "Nerisa Almo "Philippine Entertainment
Clementine_(musician)
First period of the Roman Empire (27 BC – AD 284)
(as in the proverbial "bread and circuses" – panem et circenses) providing occasional public games, gladiators, chariot races and artistic shows. Large
Principate
Fixed phrase of two or more conventionally joined words
bow and scrape brace and bit bread and water bread and circuses bread and roses brown and serve bucket and spade bump and grind bump and run by and large
Irreversible_binomial
The Robert Lang filmography lists the film and television appearances of English actor Robert Lang. " The National Theatre Company: A Flea in her Ear"
Robert_Lang_filmography
Community action adult education project
Straight in Notting Hill Gate: A West London Psychogeography Report. Bread and Circuses. pp. 230–. ISBN 978-1-62517-202-0. Glenn Povey, Echoes: The Complete
London_Free_School
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Australian, Dutch
Loving and Musical
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English American Welsh
Broad clearing in the wood. From a surname and place name based on the Old English words for...
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from an Old English byname, Red, READ means "red-headed or ruddy-complexioned."Â
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Breeda, BREDA means "exalted one."
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : nickname for someone with a deformed hand or who had lost one hand, from Middle English hand, Middle High German hant, found in such appellations as Liebhard mit der Hand (Augsburg 1383).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname from German Hand ‘hand’ (see 1).Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Flaithimh (see Guthrie), resulting from an erroneous association of the Gaelic name with the Gaelic word lámh ‘hand’. It is used as an English equivalent for several other names of Gaelic origin too, e.g. Claffey, Glavin, and McClave.Dutch : from a variant of hont ‘dog’, ‘hound’, either a derogatory nickname, or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a dog.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : topographic name from Old English land, Middle High German lant, ‘land’, ‘territory’. This had more specialized senses in the Middle Ages, being used to denote the countryside as opposed to a town or an estate.English : topographic name for someone who lived in a forest glade, Middle English, Old French la(u)nde, or a habitational name from Launde in Leicestershire or Laund in West Yorkshire, which are named with this word.Norwegian : habitational name from any of three farmsteads so named, from Old Norse land ‘land’, ‘territory’ (see 1 above).
Female
Serbian
(Bulgarian and Serbian Ðна): Bulgarian and Serbian form of Greek Hanna, ANA means "favor; grace."
Male
English
Unisex pet form of English Andrew and Andrea, ANDY means "man; warrior."
Surname or Lastname
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a maker of hoops and bands, etc., from Middle English band, bond, Middle High German, Middle Low German bant, German Band denoting something used for tying or binding: ‘hoop’, ‘metal band’, ‘fetter’, ‘shackle’.Old spelling of the Dutch cognates Bant, Bande, from Middle Dutch bant ‘band’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various minor places, for example Brede in Sussex, named with Old English brÇ£du ‘breadth’, ‘broad place’ (a derivative of brÄd ‘broad’).Modern bearers of the American surname Breed are in many cases descended from Alan Breed, who came to Salem, MA, from England in 1629, and subsequently settled at Saugus, MA.
Female
Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of Greek Hanna, ANE means "favor; grace."
Female
Finnish
Estonian and Finnish pet form of Greek Hanna, ANU means "favor; grace."
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, Scottish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : topographic name for someone who lived on patch of sandy soil, from the vocabulary word sand. As a Swedish or Jewish name it was often purely ornamental.Dutch and Belgian : reduced form of Van den Sand(e), Van den Zande, a habitational name from places such as Zande in West Flanders or various minor places named with zand ‘sand’.English and Scottish : from a short form of Alexander.French : from a Germanic personal name, Sando.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion, from Middle English re(a)d ‘red’.English : topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing, from an unattested Old English rīed, r̄d ‘woodland clearing’.English : Read in Lancashire, the name of which is a contracted form of Old English rǣghēafod, from rǣge ‘female roe deer’, ‘she-goat’ + hēafod ‘head(land)’; Rede in Suffolk, so called from Old English hrēod ‘reeds’; or Reed in Hertfordshire, so called from an Old English ryhð ‘brushwood’.English : A family called Read were established in America in the early 18th century by John Read, who was born in Dublin, sixth in descent from Sir Thomas Read of Berkshire, England. His son, George Read (1733–98), was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and as a lawyer helped frame the Constitution.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, English, Irish
Beauty Beyond Sight; Hill; Variant of Brina and Breanna
Male
English
Short form of English names beginning with Brad-, from Old English brád, BRAD means "broad."
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, Indian
Broad; From the Broad Meadow
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a stout or fat person, from Middle English brode.English : from the Old English personal name BrÄda (from brÄd ‘broad’).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Broady.Irish : variant of Brady.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Bream in Worcestershire, which is probably named in Old English as ‘the place where broom grows’, from brÄ“me, an unattested dialect variant of brÅm ‘broom’.English : nickname for a fierce or energetic person, from Middle English brem(e), brim(me) ‘fierce’, ‘vigorous’ (from Old English brÄ“me ‘famous’, ‘noble’).English : variant of Braham.
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Hindu
Reddish glow, Supreme, Beautiful, Charming, Symbol, Morning red in the Sky
Male
English
Latin name FELIX means "happy" or "lucky." In the bible, this is the name of a Roman procurator of Judea.
Boy/Male
Australian, Irish
Surname
Girl/Female
Tamil
Sampreethi | ஸமà¯à®ªà¯à®°à¯€à®¤à¯€
Real Love and attachment, Attachment, Joyful
Male
Greek
Greek form of Persian Ardeshir, the name of the founder of the Artaxiad dynasty, ARTAXIAS means "great warrior" or "lion-king."
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British, English, Greek
People's Victory
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Universe; The Earth
Boy/Male
British, English
Right-hand Son; Similar to Benedict
Boy/Male
Indian
Contended
Female
English
18th century elaborated form of English Dora, DORINDA means "gift."
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a.
Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; as, dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal.
v. t.
An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation.
v. t.
To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey.
v. t.
To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock.
n.
A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera. See Sea Bream.
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n.
The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
superl.
Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
v. t.
To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path.
a.
Of a genuine or right breed; as, a true-bred beast.
superl.
Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
a.
Having broad, or relatively broad, leaves.
superl.
Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
superl.
Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
n.
Doubt; as, out of dread.
v. t.
An interruption of continuity; change of direction; as, a break in a wall; a break in the deck of a ship.
v. t.
To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking; as, breaded cutlets.
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