Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: browne
IPA transcription: [bɹ'aʊn]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Browne, Charles_Farrar_Browne, Artemus_Ward
    Meaning: United States writer of humorous tales of an itinerant showman (1834-1867)
  • Synonyms: Browne, Hablot_Knight_Browne, Phiz
    Meaning: English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)
Usage examples
  • "And Deniston Browne," put in Clover.
  • "Oh, Rose Red Browne would sound too funny.
  • "I'm very fond of Sir Thomas Browne, myself," she replied.
  • Aboard her were a Professor George Berry and the owner, Stanley Browne.
  • "She never signs herself Browne, I observe," said Clover, as she finished the letter.
  • Stephen Gresham was in his early sixties, but he could have still worn his World War I uniform without anything giving at the seams, and buckled the old Sam Browne at the same hole.
  • He wrote four columns of editorial matter (his copy, wittily says Junius Henri Browne, "strangers mistook for diagrams of Boston"), dozens of letters, often forgot whether he had been to his meals, and was ready to see and advise with everybody.