From Middle English Broun, originally a nickname for someone with brown hair or a dark complexion. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization and translation of German Braun. Doublet of Bruno and Braun.
Meanings
(Canada, UK, US, alt-of, often) Alternative letter-case form of brown (“of a dark complexion”).
From Middle English Broun, originally a nickname for someone with brown hair or a dark complexion. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization and translation of German Braun. Doublet of Bruno and Braun.
Meanings
(alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of brown (“person with a dark complexion”).
From Middle English Broun, originally a nickname for someone with brown hair or a dark complexion. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization and translation of German Braun. Doublet of Bruno and Braun.
Meanings
(countable) A surname.
In his cast of characters, you really see a disproportionate focus, I think, on Black women - on Kamala Harris, who he's insinuated only has her job today because of who she dated; to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who he's demanded the LSAT scores of - I don't recall him demanding the LSAT scores for Brett Kavanaugh - Karine Jean-Pierre. 2022 May 12, Dave Davies, “Has Tucker Carlson created the most racist show in the history of cable news?”, in NPR, spoken by Nicholas Confessore, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2023:
(The Browns gave the Obamas an ornate penholder made from the timber of a Victorian antislave ship.) 2009 March 4, Helene Cooper, “Obama’s Star Turn at Summit Gets Mixed Results”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2022:
After 170 years this is the closest Auckland has come to having a brown mayor. Sure he's a Palagi. But his name is Brown, he's run Manukau for a long time and there's heaps of brown people there so he's gladly owned by many in the Pacific Community. 2010 October 10, Oscar Kightley, New Zealand Herald:
(countable, uncountable) A surname. ▸ An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname.
(countable, uncountable) A surname. ▸ An Irish surname of Anglo-Norman origin, a translation of de Brún.
(countable, uncountable) A locale in the United States. ▸ An unincorporated community in California; named for hotelier George Brown.
(countable, uncountable) A locale in the United States. ▸ An unincorporated community in Louisiana; named for landowner George W. Brown.
(countable, uncountable) A locale in the United States. ▸ An unincorporated community in Oklahoma; named for postmaster Robert H. Brown.
(countable, uncountable) A locale in the United States. ▸ An unincorporated community in West Virginia; named for early settler John Brown.
(countable, uncountable) A locale in the United States. ▸ A ghost town in Nevada.
(countable, uncountable) A locale in the United States. ▸ A number of townships in the United States, listed under Brown Township.
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