Brown

proper noun

1. 1

   A surname.

   (The Browns gave the Obamas an ornate penholder made from the timber of a Victorian antislave ship.)

   After 170 years this is the closest Auckland has come to having a brown mayor. Sure he's a Palagi. But his name is Brown, he's run Manukau for a long time and there's heaps of brown people there so he's gladly owned by many in the Pacific Community.

   In his cast of characters, you really see a disproportionate focus, I think, on Black women - on Kamala Harris, who he's insinuated only has her job today because of who she dated; to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who he's demanded the LSAT scores of - I don't recall him demanding the LSAT scores for Brett Kavanaugh - Karine Jean-Pierre.

2. 2

   A surname. An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname.

3. 3

   A surname. An Irish surname of Anglo-Norman origin, a translation of de Brún.

4. 4

   A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in California; named for hotelier George Brown.

5. 5

   A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Louisiana; named for landowner George W. Brown.

6. 6

   A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Oklahoma; named for postmaster Robert H. Brown.

7. 7

   A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in West Virginia; named for early settler John Brown.

8. 8

   A locale in the United States. A ghost town in Nevada.

9. 9

   A locale in the United States. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Brown Township.

10. 10

    Brown University.

noun

1. 1

   Variant of brownAlternative letter-case form of brown (“person with a dark complexion”).

adjective

1. 1

   Variant of brownAlternative letter-case form of brown (“of a dark complexion”).

Forms

plural

Browns

comparative

more Brown

superlative

most Brown