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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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 Holt, Emily Sarah
For "the Brownist" read "thinks that Amsterdam is erroneous."
From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John
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 Shakespeare, William
“Why, Cousin Bess,” said I, “you shall be a Brownist in a week or twain.”
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Holt, Emily Sarah
Lucifer's Lacky: the true character of a dissembling Brownist, 1641.
From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John
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