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Browning

brow·ning

UK/ˈbɹaʊnɪŋ/ US/ˈbraʊnɪŋ/ uncommon

noun

1.

United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)

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2.

English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889)

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3.
4.

cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill

  • “proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread”
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Origin

From Old English Brūning, a patronymic for a person nicknamed Brūn (“brown”) (see Brown). For the first half-century of their manufacturer, the majority of semi-automatic handguns in Europe were designed by John M. Browning.

Phrases

  • browning shot
  • golden brown
  • mahogany browning
  • Maillard browning

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