Brownist
Britishnoun
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Etymology
Origin of Brownist
C16: named after Robert Browne (?1550–1633), English Puritan
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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 Twelfth Night; or What You Will by William Shakespeare
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 Emily Sarah Holt
That is what the Brownist Puritans, the precursors of the Plymouth Pilgrims, left England to secure.
From Ars Recte Vivendi; Being Essays Contributed to "The Easy Chair" by George William Curtis
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
"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
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