Braemar
noun
a village in NE Scotland, in Aberdeenshire; Balmoral Castle is nearby: site of the Royal Braemar Gathering, an annual Highland Games meeting
Contemporary Examples
Prince Philip Does A Harry And Flashes in Kilt Tom Sykes September 4, 2012
Historical Examples
Little Rivers Henry van Dyke
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Mrs. Thomson
Cattle and Cattle-breeders William M’Combie
The Relief of Mafeking Filson Young
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Various
The Story of the Hills H. N. Hutchinson
Twenty-Six Years Reminiscences of Scotch Grouse Moors William Alexander Adams
Woodland Gleanings Charles Tilt
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 Various
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