brant

[ brant ]

noun,plural brants, (especially collectively) brant.
  1. any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.

Origin of brant

1
First recorded in 1535–45; short for brantgoose, brentgoose; akin to Old Norse brandgās, German Brandgans
  • Also called brant goose; especially British, brent [brent], /brɛnt/, brent goose .

Other definitions for Brant (2 of 2)

Brant
[ brant ]

noun
  1. Joseph Thayendanegea, 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution.

  2. a male given name.

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How to use brant in a sentence

  • The following year, the Brants had a stateside wedding in Palm Beach, Florida.

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  • One of his first Marks appeared in Brants Narrenschiff, 1494, and of this our example is an elaboration.

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  • But these days it would have taken half a dozen Caroline Brants to have kept Billie in the traces.

  • By and bye—for they found she was heavier than they expected—the brants let the woman fall too.

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  • Since then, he and Rick had become the closest of friends, and the Brants had accepted him as a full-fledged member of the family.

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  • He had shed Brants huge overcoat, and his wife was passing her hand over his thin flannel suit.

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British Dictionary definitions for brant

brant

/ (brænt) /


nounplural brants or brant
  1. US and Canadian a small goose, Branta bernicla, that has a dark grey plumage and short neck and occurs in most northern coastal regions: Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): brent goose

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