Brownie Definition
brounē
brownies
noun
brownies
A member of the division of the Girl Scouts for girls six to eight years of age.
Webster's New World
A small brown elf or goblin that does helpful tasks for people at night.
Webster's New World
A kind of cookie that is a small bar or square of flat, dense, rich chocolate cake, often containing nuts.
Webster's New World
A brown trout.
American Heritage
(paganism) A household spirit or revered ancestor.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Brownie
Noun
Singular:
brownie
Plural:
browniesOrigin of Brownie
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From the story "The Brownies" by Juliana Horatia Ewing, written in 1870. In the story two children, Tommy and Betty, learn that children can be helpful brownies or lazy boggarts.
From Wiktionary
Sense 3, from the notion of the sprite as a tiny brown man
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From brown + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
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