Definitions
mark or expose as infamous
Word origin
From Middle English brand, from Old English brand (“fire; flame; burning; torch; sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“flame; flaming; fire-brand; torch; sword”), derived from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to burn”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boul; brew”).
Used in a sentence
““Well, in the first place, every cattleman has to have a brand to identify his stock. Without it no cattleman, nor half a hundred cowboys, if he had so many, could ever recognize all the cattle in a big herd. […]””
“The indelible word "homosexual," like a brand that grew deeper and redder every day, became increasingly hard to conceal and to ignore.”
“The Amtrak brand revitalization approach represents one of the most ambitious, comprehensive, and systematic experiential marketing approaches I have ever seen.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Product name”5 letters
02“Type of product”5 letters
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