Brownist
Britishnoun
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Etymology
Origin of Brownist
C16: named after Robert Browne (?1550–1633), English Puritan
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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 Emily Sarah Holt
And't be any way, it must be with valour; for policy I hate: I had as lief be a Brownist as a politician.
From Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
He had posed as an emissary from the Dutch brethren, son of an exiled Brownist, and for the first time in his life had found his regicide great-grandfather useful.
From The Path of the King by John Buchan
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 Alice Morse Earle
An't be any way, it must be with valour; for Policy I hate: I had as lief be a Brownist as a politician.
From Hills of the Shatemuc by Susan Warner
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