Definitions
small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
Word origin
English surname from placenames in Devon and Somerset, from Old English brant (“steep”), referring to hills. Compare Brents.
Used in a sentence
“Liz Brent, broker at Go Brent in Maryland and Washington, DC, said she’s spent the past few months changing how she presents properties by emphasizing photographs, 3-D tours, and video vignettes for homes online.”
“Only by the wet flapping of a barnacle goose did she know she now approached the River Brent, obscured as it was by a brickworks and yet more houses.”
“1485 – Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book XIV, Chapter vi, leaf 324v”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Small dark goose”5 letters
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