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Meaning
Noun
●
A
colour
like that
of
chocolate
or coffee.
●
In Snooker:
One of the
colour
balls
used in
snooker
, with a value of 4 points.
●
Black
tar
heroin.
●
A
copper
coin.
●
A
brown
horse
or other animal.
●
A person of Latino, Middle Eastern or South Asian
descent
; a brown-skinned person; someone of
mulatto
or
biracial
appearance.
●
In Entomology & Satyrine butterflies:
Any of various
nymphalid
butterflies
of
subfamily
Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae).
●
In Entomology & Satyrine butterflies:
Any of certain
species
of
nymphalid
butterflies
of
subfamily
Satyrinae, such as those of the
genera
Heteronympha and Melanitis.
●
A
brown trout
(Salmo trutta).
●
In Hunting:
A
mass
of
birds
or
animals
that may be
indiscriminately
fired
at.
●
Alternative letter-case form of
brown
(“person with a
dark
complexion”)
Adj
●
Having a
brown
colour.
●
Gloomy.
●
In American English:
Of or
relating
to any of various
ethnic groups
having
dark
pigmentation
of the skin.
Latino
●
In Fire:
Of or
relating
to any of various
ethnic groups
having
dark
pigmentation
of the skin.
South Asian
●
Of or
relating
to any of various
ethnic groups
having
dark
pigmentation
of the skin.
Southeast Asian
●
In American English, British English & Canadian English:
Alternative letter-case form of
brown
(“of a
dark
complexion”)
Verb
●
To become brown.
●
In Cooking:
To
cook
something until it becomes brown.
●
In Browns & Fire:
To tan.
●
To make
brown
or dusky.
●
To give a
bright
brown
colour
to,
as to
gun
barrels
, by
forming
a
thin
coating
of
oxide
on their surface.
🤬
In Demography:
To
turn
progressively
more Hispanic or Latino, in the
context
of the
population
of a
geographic
region.
Name
●
A surname.
An English and Scottish
surname
transferred
from the nickname.
An Irish
surname
of Anglo-Norman
origin
, a
translation
of de Brún.
●
A
locale
in the United States.
An
unincorporated
community
in California;
named
for
hotelier
George Brown.
●
A
locale
in the United States.
An
unincorporated
community
in Louisiana;
named
for
landowner
George W. Brown.
●
A
locale
in the United States.
An
unincorporated
community
in Oklahoma;
named
for
postmaster
Robert H. Brown.
●
A
locale
in the United States.
An
unincorporated
community
in West Virginia;
named
for early
settler
John Brown.
●
A
locale
in the United States.
A
ghost town
in Nevada.
●
A
locale
in the United States.
A number of
townships
in the United States,
listed
under Brown Township.
●
Brown University.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
brown
English
broun
Middle English (1100-1500)
brun
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Gray
Reddish
Black
Coloured
Yellowish
Greenish
Maroon
Grey
Green
Red
Pink
Tan
Yellow
White
Pinkish
Orange
Blue
Pale
Dark
Dyed
Smith
Moss
Olive
Paisley
Johnson
Purple
Greyish
Robinson
Skinned
Martin
Grayish
Lee
Colored
Miller
Burgundy
Blackish
Turquoise
Jones
Gordon
Wilson
Moore
Teal
Bleached
Walker
Cole
Scott
Turner
Davis
Purplish
Jackson
Taylor
Tanned
Blobby
Beige
Golden
Creamy
Anderson
Kelly
Dark Red
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Rhymes
Noun
Roun
Down
Town
Gown
Rown
Frown
Brown
Brown
Drown
Crown
Clown
Crayon
Uptown
Renown
Low-Down
Downtown
Mummy Brown
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town
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