Burgoyne

Burgoyne (plural Burgoynes)

1. A surname from Old French.

• borgoyne, burgayn, Burgone, Burgoyn, Burgun, Burguyn
• Bourgoyne (Caxton)

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman Borgoigne, from Late Latin Burgundia. For the phonological development, compare caroyne.

• IPA^(key): /burˈɡui̯n(ə)/, /burˈɡiu̯n(ə)/
• (with reduction from /burˈɡui̯n(ə)/) IPA^(key): /ˈburɡæi̯n(ə)/
• (with reduction from /burˈɡiu̯n(ə)/) IPA^(key): /ˈburɡun(ə)/

Burgoyne

1. Burgundy (a historical region, medieval kingdom, and former duchy in France)
   • 1471 September 28 [1464], Raoul le ffeure, translated by Willyam Caxton, [T]he recuyell of the hiſtoryes of Troye, [London], translation of Le recueil de histoires de Troye (in Middle French), published c. 1474; republished by H. Oskar Sommer, editor‎^[1]volume I, London: David Nutt, 1894, →OCLC, leaf 1:

     […] at the comaūdemēt of the right hye myghty and vertuouſe Prynceſſe hys redoubtyd lady . Margarete by the grace of god . Ducheſſe of Bourgoyne of Lotryk of Braband &c

     […] at the command of the truly high, mighty, and virtuous princess, his redoubtable lady, Margaret, by the grace of God Duchess of Burgundy, Lothier, Brabant, etc.

• →? Irish: Burgúin
• → Middle Welsh: Bwrgwyn, Byrgwyn
  • Welsh: Bwrgwyn

Burgoyne (uncountable)

1. A Burgundian; a person from Burgundy.

• “Burgoin(e, n. and adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.