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Braun

[ broun; German broun ]

noun

  1. E·va [ee, -v, uh, ey, -vah], 1912–45, mistress of Adolf Hitler.
  2. Karl Fer·di·nand [kahrl , fur, -dn-and, kah, r, l , fer, -dee-nahnt], 1850–1918, German physicist and specialist in wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in Physics 1909.
  3. Wern·her von [vair, -ner von, vur, -, wur, -, ver, -n, uh, r, f, uh, n], 1912–77, German rocket engineer, in U.S. after 1945.


Braun

/ braun /

noun

  1. BraunEva19101945FGermanMISC: Hitler's mistress Eva (ˈeːfa). 1910–45, Adolf Hitler's mistress, whom he married shortly before their suicides in 1945
  2. BraunKarl Ferdinand18501918MGermanSCIENCE: physicist Karl Ferdinand . 1850–1918, German physicist, who invented crystal diodes (leading to the development of crystal radio) and the oscilloscope. He shared the Nobel prize for physics (1909) with Marconi
  3. See (Wernher) von Braun


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They use Ryan Braun, the 2011 National League MVP, as an example of how PEDs are supposed to boost numbers.

Hollywood Madame Michelle Braun told The New York Post in 2009 that Tiger Woods paid $60,000 for four escorts he saw six times.

In the subsequent parody, The Dark Knight Rises XXX, Braun ensured that his script and costumes would endure fan critiques.

Braun is already milking high end fairy tale spoofs, with a naughty version of Snow White and Sleeping Beauty coming soon.

Scooter Braun came across an earthbound angel on YouTube in 2008.

For the officers we got a suckling pig, which Mess Sergeant Braun roasted in the priest's oven.

Julius Braun says, in regard to this Sma-tree: Hermes, the rare visitor, is regaled with nectar and ambrosia.

This view is supported by the observations of Eimer and Braun, on the development of Reptilian ova.

Braun also expresses himself strongly in favour of the flask-shaped cells functioning in the nutrition of the egg.

According to Braun the segmental cords in Reptilia are buds from the outer walls of the Malpighian bodies.

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