Meaning of Browning | Babel Free
ˈbɹaʊ.nɪŋDefinitions
- The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.
- A surname from Old English.
- Fabrique Nationale FN Model 1910 Browning and its derivatives; a European handgun; a small, semi-automatic pistol.
- Any of various preparations used to impart a brown colour to gravy, leather, etc.
- A person of that surname.
- Robert Browning, a poet.
- Synonym of BAR (“Browning automatic rifle”), a light machine gun
- A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.
- John Browning, a firearms designer.
- A brown-skinned person.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage
- A placename
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Georgia.
- A village in Schuyler County, Illinois.
- A minor city in Linn County and Sullivan County, Missouri.
- A town in Glacier County, Montana.
- An unincorporated community in Smith County, Texas.
- A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
- A place in Canada:
- A rural municipality, Rural Municipality of Browning No. 34, in Saskatchewan.
- A community within the municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, named after Robert Browning.
- An asteroid in the Asteroid Belt of the Solar System
Equivalents
Examples
“One or two white gyal / Three or four lighties / Five or six darkies / Seven or eight brownings”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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