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Definition of Brant
1. Noun. Small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward.
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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Brant
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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