Browning (n.)

  1. United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)

    [ Syn: browning , john m. browning , john moses browning ]

  2. English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889)

    [ Syn: browning , robert browning ]

  3. English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861)

    [ Syn: browning , elizabeth barrett browning ]

  4. cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill; proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread

    [ Syn: toasting ]

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