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Brawn
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- 1 A surname.
- 1 Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb. countable, uncountable
- 2 possessing muscular strength wordnet
- 3 Physical strength; muscularity. countable, uncountable
"The builders at the site had more brawn than brain."
- 4 Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat. British, countable, uncountable
"Now if your Majesty would have our bristles To bind your mortar with, or fill our colons With rich blood, or make brawn out of our gristles, In policy—ask else your royal Solons— You ought to give us hog-wash and clean straw, And sties well thatched; besides it is the law!"
- 5 A boar. UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable
"And loud as brawns wer [they] snoring,"
- 1 Make fat, especially of a boar. transitive
- 2 Become fat, especially of a boar. intransitive
Etymology
From Middle English brawne, from Old French braon (“slice of meat, fleshy part, buttock”), from Frankish *brādon, *brādan, accusative form of *brādō (“roasted meat, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *brēdô (“meat, roast”), of uncertain further origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“to burn, heat”). Akin to Old High German brāto (“tender meat”) (German Braten (“roast”)), Old English brǣde, brǣd (“flesh, meat”), Old Norse bráð (“raw meat”).
From Middle English brawne, from Old French braon (“slice of meat, fleshy part, buttock”), from Frankish *brādon, *brādan, accusative form of *brādō (“roasted meat, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *brēdô (“meat, roast”), of uncertain further origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“to burn, heat”). Akin to Old High German brāto (“tender meat”) (German Braten (“roast”)), Old English brǣde, brǣd (“flesh, meat”), Old Norse bráð (“raw meat”).
* As an English surname, probably a variant of Brand. * As a German surname, possibly altered from Braun.
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