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brant (brant)

noun pl. brants or brant

any of a genus (Branta) of wild geese of Europe and North America, including the Canada goose and the barnacle goose; esp., a species (B. bernicla) found chiefly in the E U.S. and N Canada

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Brant definition

Brant (brant)

Brant, Joseph (born Thayendanegea) 1742-1807; Mohawk Indian chief: fought for the British in the French and Indian War & the Revolutionary War

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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