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brawn, brawniness, muscle, muscularity, sinew, heftiness
(noun) possessing muscular strength
Source: WordNet® 3.1
brawn (uncountable)
Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
Physical strength; muscularity.
(chiefly, British) Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.
(UK, dialectal) A boar.
brawn (third-person singular simple present brawns, present participle brawning, simple past and past participle brawned)
(transitive) Make fat, especially of a boar.
(intransitive) Become fat, especially of a boar.
Brawn (plural Brawns)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brawn is the 15429th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1899 individuals. Brawn is most common among White (70.93%) and Black/African American (22.49%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Brawn, n. Etym: [OF. braon fleshy part, muscle, fr. HG. br flesh, G. braten roast meat; akin to Icel. br flesh, food of beasts, AS. brbr to roast, G. braten, and possibly to E. breed.]
1. A muscle; flesh. [Obs.] Formed well of brawns and of bones. Chaucer.
2. Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm. Brawn without brains is thine. Dryden. It was ordained that murderers should be brent on the brawn of the left hand. E. Hall. And in my vantbrace put this withered brawn. Shak.
3. The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar. The best age for the boar is from two to five years, at which time it is best to geld him, or sell him for brawn. Mortimer.
4. A boar. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.