Brown Owl

¹ British  

noun

1. a name (no longer in official use) for Brownie Guider

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brown owl ² British  

noun

1. another name for tawny owl

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Example Sentences

When Brown Owl and I were much older, I met her again: Her name was Katie Firstbrook, she was the aunt of a friend of mine and by that time she was in her 90s.

From The Wall Street Journal

I joined a Brownie pack led by a woman I knew as Brown Owl.

From The Wall Street Journal

The habitat of the medium-sized brown owl with white spots on its head and chest and a barred tail is under serious threat from current logging practices and climate change, including increased drought, disease and more extreme wildfires.

From Seattle Times

Sitting on the counter is a huge cookie jar in the shape of a brown owl.

From Literature

At that moment a brown owl’s call sounded from the opposite wood.

From Literature