Browning–elizabeth-barrett
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- Brownish
a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue. Offensive. a person whose skin has a light- or dark-brown pigmentation. of the color brown. (of animals) having skin, fur, hair, or feathers of that color. sunburned or tanned. Often Offensive. (of human beings) having the skin naturally pigmented a brown color. to make or […]
- Brownist
noun a person who supported the principles of church government advocated by Robert Browne and adopted in modified form by the Independents or Congregationalists Historical Examples The Diary of John Evelyn (Vol 1 of 2) John Evelyn Microcosmography John Earle Churches and Church Ornaments William Durandus The Divine Right of Church Government Sundry Ministers Of […]
- Brownnosing
to curry favor; behave obsequiously. to seek favors from (a person) in an obsequious manner; fawn over. Also, brown-noser. a toady; sycophant. verb to be abjectly subservient (to); curry favour (with) noun an abjectly subservient person; sycophant v.
- Brownout
the elimination of some or reduction of all electric lights of a city, especially as a precaution against attack in time of war. any curtailment of electric power, as by a severe storm. noun (mainly US) a dimming or reduction in the use of electric lights in a city, esp to conserve electric power or […]