Brumby
//ˈbɹʌmbi// name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A wild or feral horse. Australia
"I'm too weak to ride. I'd have to ride, because for one thing the white-ants have eaten the wheels of my buckboard, and my one cart-horse has gone bush with the brumbies."
Proper Noun
- 1 A former village in Brumby and Frodingham district, Frodingham parish, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. countable, uncountable
- 2 A locality in the Shire of East Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia. countable, uncountable
- 3 A habitational surname from Old Norse. countable
Synonyms
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More examples"I'm too weak to ride. I'd have to ride, because for one thing the white-ants have eaten the wheels of my buckboard, and my one cart-horse has gone bush with the brumbies."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Unknown; perhaps from James Brumby, early Australian soldier and pastoralist, who is said to have left horses at his abandoned property.
Etymology 2
From Old Norse brunnr (“water well”)+býr (“farmstead, village”).
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