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Brant definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BRANT, n. A species of anas or the goose kind; called also brent and brand-goose, which see.
BRANT, , a. Steep.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward [syn: brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural brant or brants) Etymology: Middle English brand gos Date: 14th century a small goose (Branta bernicla) about the size of a mallard having a black head, neck, and chest

Merriam Webster's

biographical name Joseph 1742-1807 Thayendanegea Mohawk Indian chief

Oxford Reference Dictionary

US var. of BRENT.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Brand goose Brand" goose` [Prob. fr. 1st brand + goose: cf. Sw. brandg[*a]s. Cf. Brant.] (Zo["o]l.) A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Brant Brant (br[a^]nt), n. [Cf.Brand goose, Brent, Brenicle.] (Zo["o]l.) A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Brant Brant, a. [See Brent.] Steep. [Prov. Eng.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Brent Brent, Brant Brant, a. [AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat, Icel. brattr, steep.] 1. Steep; high. [Obs.] Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them. --Ascham. 2. Smooth; unwrinkled. [Scot.] Your bonnie brow was brent. --Burns.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Brent, brand-goose, brant-goose (Anser bernicia, Bernicia brenta).