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 had as lief be a Brownist as a politician," said the folly of Sir Andrew Aguecheek and the wisdom of Shakespeare.
From Milton by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh
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
They were careful to distinguish themselves from the Brownist and other Separatists.
From The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 by Egerton Ryerson
This man was a zealous Puritan, or rather a Brownist, a small sect, which afterwards increased, and received the name of "Independents."
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. by David Hume
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
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