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2/24/2017, 9:11 PM SeaHorse15
9/3/2011, 6:35 PM SeaHorse15

Name Britomart
Gender Feminine
Usage Literature
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

Form of BRITOMARTIS used by Edmund Spenser for a female knight in his poem 'The Faerie Queene' (1590). Folk etymology associated Brito- with "Briton" and -martis with MARS (genitive Martis), the Roman god of war.
Added 9/3/2011 by SeaHorse15