Definition of Brant

1. Noun. Small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward.

Exact synonyms: Brant Goose, Brent, Brent Goose
Generic synonyms: Goose
Group relationships: Branta, Genus Branta
Specialized synonyms: Branta Bernicla, Common Brant Goose

Definition of Brant

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

2. a. Steep.

Definition of Brant

1. Noun. Any of several wild geese, of the genus ''Branta'', that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, ''Branta bernicla''. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: dialectal) Steep, precipitous. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brant

1. a wild goose [n -S]

Medical Definition of Brant

1. A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species. Origin: Cf.Brand goose, Brent, Brenicle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brant

branners
brannier
branniest
brannigan
brannigans
branning
brannockite
branny
branny desquamation
branny tetter
branon
branons
brans
bransle
bransles
brant (current term)
brant-fox
brant geese
brant goose
brantail
brantails
brantle
brantles
brants
branular
branzini
branzino
braquemard
braquemards
bras

Literary usage of Brant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1849)
"It is proved by this that, first, one of the chiefs' name was brant ; second, that our chief thus derived his name, and not from a white man, as was before ..."

2. The World's Famous Orations. by Francis Whiting Halsey, William Jennings Bryan (1906)
"The originals of this and another speech by brant are now in London. ... brant had gone to London to secure for the Mohawk Indians redress for lands which ..."

3. The Indian Races of North and South America: Comprising an Account of the by Charles De Wolf Brownell (1853)
"Young brant was early taken under the patronage of Sir William Johnson, ... Many have expressed the opinion that brant was a son of Sir William; ..."

4. Graham's Magazine by George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe (1851)
"brant, AND brant SHOOTING. BY HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT, AUTHOR ОТ FRANK ... I believe we shall do no injustice to any in declaring the brant, ..."

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