brant

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see also: Brant

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɹænt/

Noun

brant (plural brants)

1. (North American) Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.

Translations

• French: bernarche
• Russian: каза́рка
• Spanish: barnacla

Adjective

brant

1. (dialectal) Steep, precipitous.

   • Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.

2. (Scotland) smooth; unwrinkled

   • Your bonnie brow was brent.

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Brant

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Proper noun

1. Surname
2. A town in New York
3. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin
4. A county in Canada

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