Bigott

English

Etymology

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

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.