Advertisement

Advertisement

brussen

/ ˈbrʌsən /

adjective

  1. dialect,  bold

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The Post Online editor Bert Brussen said his publication was targeted because Brussels dislikes critics of its pro-Ukrainian policies.

Read more on Washington Post

“For us, it was easy to show the world this is how it happens: You write something negative about Ukraine, you do everything right, they black-label it as fake news,” said Brussen, whose website regularly skewers centrist Dutch politicians and mainstream journalists who, he said, cover up problems with Muslims and migration.

Read more on Washington Post

“A lot of what Wilders says, it’s Internet language,” Brussen said.

Read more on Washington Post

"We have a word in Yorkshire, 'brussen', which means brass neck," he said.

Read more on BBC

Not a word was tittered during the first half-hour, till a queer-looking mortal, who had spent several years of his prime of birdhood at old Calgarth, and picked up a tolerable command of the Westmoreland dialect by means of the Hamiltonian system, exclaimed, "I'se weel nee brussen—there be's Mister Wudsworth—Ho, ho, ho!"

Read more on Project Gutenberg

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


Brussels sproutbrut