Brownist
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Origin of Brownist
C16: named after Robert Browne (?1550–1633), English Puritan
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Lucifer's Lacky: the true character of a dissembling Brownist, 1641.
From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John
For "the Brownist" read "thinks that Amsterdam is erroneous."
From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John
I reckon, as Aunt Joyce saith, there is more Jack than Brownist in them.
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Holt, Emily Sarah
Crop the Brownist: he that the ballad was made on.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert
When Elizabeth died in 1603, the Brownist Puritans or Separatists were well established in Holland; they had been there twenty years.
From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Earle, Alice Morse
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