Bridget

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪt

Origin

English form of the Irish saints' name Brighid, Brigid.

Full definition of Bridget

Proper noun

1. .
• Shakespeare Merry Wives|act=I|scene=ii|passage=... and when Mistress Bridget lost the handle of her fan, I took't upon mine honour thou hadst it not.
• 2000, David Pierce, Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader, Of all the beautiful Christian names of women which were in use a century or two ago Brighid (Breed), under the ugly form of Bridget, or still worse, Biddy, and Eiblin under the form of Eveleen, and perhaps Norah, seem to be the only survivals, and they are becoming rarer.

Noun

1. (US, dated) An Irish housemaid.
• Ellen Battelle Dietrick, Good HousekeepingSo long as any Bridget just landed (even before she has learned to walk comfortably in American shoes) can be sure of four dollars a week and her board and prequisites, it is the Bridgets who are really mistress of the situation.
• 2009, Aife Murray, Maid as Muse: How Servants Changed Emily Dickinson's Life and LanguageBeggar lads, emigrants, mowers, slaves, rustics, Malays, Bridgets, and porters peopled her work ...