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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
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
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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