BRANT

brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose

(noun) small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward

BRENT

brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose

(noun) small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Brant

A surname.

A town in New York

An unincorporated community in Wisconsin

A county of Canada

Etymology 1

Noun

brant (plural brants or brant)

(North American) Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.

Etymology 2

Adjective

brant (comparative more brant, superlative most brant)

(dialectal) Steep, precipitous.

(Scotland) smooth; unwrinkled

Source: Wiktionary

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Brant, n. Etym: [Cf.Brand goose, Brent, Brenicle.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species.

Brant, a. Etym: [See Brent.]

Definition: Steep. [Prov. Eng.]

Brent, Brant, a. Etym: [AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat, Icel. brattr, steep.]

1. Steep; high. [Obs.] Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them. Ascham.

2. Smooth; unwrinkled. [Scot.] Your bonnie brow was brent. Burns.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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