Bigott

English

Etymology

Applied by the French to Normans in reference to their swearing Middle English bi God (“by God”); see bigot for more.[1]

Proper noun

Bigott

  1. A surname.
    • 1811, Thomas Hinderwell, The History and Antiquities of Scarborough, and the Vicinity, page 60:
      Sir Francis Bigott displayed his banners in this vicinity, and having collected a great multitude from Settrington and Pickering Lyth, he sent an imperious mandate to the Bailiffs of Scarborough.
    • 2012, George Waas, The Great American Short Story, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
      Sally was the illegitimate child of Mendrick Simpleton and Barbara “Babs” Bigott, the product of a chance meeting between the two at a Halloween party in 1974.

References
  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bigot”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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