Braine

American  

[breyn] / breɪn /

noun

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

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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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Example Sentences

BBC South West senior broadcast meteorologist David Braine said the years 2025 and 2026 are "believed to be the peak for 'solar cycle 25'".

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

Among them was 10-year-old talent Trey Braine, who wowed the crowd by jumping out from behind the others, in his dark shades, and performing some explosive dance moves.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2023

It propelled a movement of playwrights and novelists, joined by Arnold Wesker, Alan Sillitoe, John Braine, Kingsley Amis and David Storey, who became known as the angry young men.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2016

Sillitoe, who died last year, is invariably bracketed with those "angry young men" whose careers also flowered from flinty, northern soil – John Braine and Keith Waterhouse, David Storey and Stan Barstow.

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2011

As Farrar's last thrilling note died away Braine and Olga rose.

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