brandon

== Esperanto == === Noun === brandon accusative singular of brando == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French brandon, from Old French brandon, from Frankish *brand (“burnt log; brand; cinder”) + -on. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʁɑ̃.dɔ̃/ === Noun === brandon m (plural brandons) firebrand; torch made of twisted straw [from mid-12th c.] loose, burning material from a fire (figuratively) firebrand (someone or something that is a source of trouble) straw at the end of a staff placed at the corner of a field to indicate the juridical seizure of a crop ==== Descendants ==== → Spanish: blandón → Galician: brandón === Further reading === “brandon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012