/bɹænt/
OriginFrom New Latin/Medieval Latin Branta, latinized form of Old Norse brandgás (“sheldrake”), literally "burnt (black) goose," from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“burning”) + *gans (“goose”).
- Canada, USAny of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.
“I have given you roe and reindeer, / I have given you brant and beaver, / Filled the marshes full of wild-fowl, / Filled the rivers full of fishes; / Why then are you not contented? / Why then will yo”
- dialectalsteep, precipitous.
“Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.”
- Scotlandsmooth; unwrinkled
“Your bonnie brow was brent.”
- A surname.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Saginaw County, Michigan.
- A town in Erie County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Chilton, Calumet County, Wisconsin.
- A hamlet in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.
- A municipality in Ontario, Canada, named Brant County or the County of Brant.
Formsbrants(plural) · brant(plural) · more brant(comparative) · most brant(superlative) · brent(alternative)