brant

[ brant ]

noun,plural brants, (especially collectively) brant.
  1. any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.

Origin of brant

1
First recorded in 1535–45; short for brantgoose, brentgoose; akin to Old Norse brandgās, German Brandgans
  • Also called brant goose; especially British, brent [brent], /brɛnt/, brent goose .

Other definitions for Brant (2 of 2)

Brant
[ brant ]

noun
  1. Joseph Thayendanegea, 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution.

  2. a male given name.

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How to use brant in a sentence

  • And if I could do it once, I could repeat the trick in a dozen pretty ways of my own knowledge and of Thayendanegea's invention.

    Cardigan | Robert W. Chambers
  • This could be none other than the great Mohawk war chief, Thayendanegea, the brant of the white men, terrible name on the border.

    The Scouts of the Valley | Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Timmendiquas and Thayendanegea-it was truly he-returned to the fire, and once again the trumpet-shaped pipe was smoked by all.

    The Scouts of the Valley | Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Henry knew by the deep breath that ran through the Long House that something more was coming from Thayendanegea.

    The Scouts of the Valley | Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Thayendanegea sat down, and then there was another silence, a period lasting about two minutes.

    The Scouts of the Valley | Joseph A. Altsheler

British Dictionary definitions for brant

brant

/ (brænt) /


nounplural brants or brant
  1. US and Canadian a small goose, Branta bernicla, that has a dark grey plumage and short neck and occurs in most northern coastal regions: Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): brent goose

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