bryan

Other forms of bryan

plural

bryans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bryan

What does bryan mean?

bryan means "United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bryan?

bryan has 2 syllables: bry-an. The stress falls on "bry". In IPA it is /ˈbɹaɪən/.

What is another word for bryan?

Close synonyms include William Jennings Bryan, Great Commoner, Boy Orator of the Platte. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bryan a common word?

bryan is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.