Bruno

[ broo-noh; for 1, 3 also Italian broo-naw ]
/ ˈbru noʊ; for 1, 3 also Italian ˈbru nɔ /

noun

Gior·da·no [jawr-dah-naw] /dʒɔrˈdɑ nɔ/,1548?–1600, Italian philosopher.
Saint,c1030–1101, German ecclesiastical writer: founder of the Carthusian order.
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “brown.”

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Definition for bruno (2 of 2)

Leo IX

noun

SaintBruno,1002–54, German ecclesiastic: pope 1049–54.
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British Dictionary definitions for bruno (1 of 2)

Bruno
/ (ˈbruːnəʊ) /

noun

Franklin Roy, known as Frank . born 1961, British heavyweight boxer
(Italian ˈbruno) Giordano . (dʒorˈdano). 1548–1600, Italian philosopher, who developed a pantheistic monistic philosophy: he was burnt at the stake for heresy

British Dictionary definitions for bruno (2 of 2)

Leo IX

noun

Saint, original name Bruno of Egisheim. 1002–54, pope (1049–54): first of the great medieval reforming popes. Conflict with the Eastern Church led to the schism between Rome and Constantinople (1054). Feast day: April 19
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