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Braine

American  
[breyn] / breɪn /

noun

  1. John Gerard, 1922–86, English novelist.


Braine British  
/ breɪn /

noun

  1. John ( Gerard ). 1922–86, English novelist, whose works include Room at the Top (1957) and Life at the Top (1962)

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Braine explained why the dazzling lights can be seen as far south as the Channel Islands.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

BBC South West's senior broadcast meteorologist David Braine said Dartmoor in Devon saw almost a month's worth of rainfall over the past 48 hours.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

“Neither has been extensively sold in Hong Kong before,” Ms. Braine said.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2024

Like his peers Alan Sillitoe, John Braine, David Storey and Keith Waterhouse, he was born in the depression years of the interwar period and flowered as a novelist in the booming welfare state of postwar Britain.

From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2011

On the same day that Olga and Braine made their first descent into the deadly mines, Florence and Norton were married.

From The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan by MacGrath, Harold