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Bren

//bɹɛn// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname from Czech.
2
A female given name, clipping of Brenda.
3
A male given name, clipping of Brendan.

Noun

1
Ellipsis of Bren gun. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
2
a submachine gun operated by gas pressure; used by the British in World War II wordnet

Verb

1
To burn (to set ablaze). obsolete, transitive
"And the greene grasse that groweth they shall bren, That even the wilde beast shall dy in starved den"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English brennen, from Old English bærnan, from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną (“to set on fire”). Cognate with German brennen, Swedish bränna. Doublet of burn; see there for more.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Czech Břeň.

Etymology 3

See Bren gun.

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