Brownist
Britishnoun
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Etymology
Origin of Brownist
C16: named after Robert Browne (?1550–1633), English Puritan
Example Sentences
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Crop the Brownist: he that the ballad was made on.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Robert Dodsley
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
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
Among the Brownists, besides Burton, Edwards names prominently "Katherine Chidley, an old Brownist, and her son, a young Brownist, a pragmatical fellow," who preached in London, and occasionally went on circuit into the country.
From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by David Masson
He would wish, though he be a Brownist, no neighbour of his should pay his tithes duly, if such suits held continual plea at Westminster.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
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