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brawn definition

brawn (brôn)

noun

  1. strong, well-developed muscles
  2. muscular strength
  3. Brit. cooked boar's flesh
  4. headcheese

Etymology: ME braun < OFr braon, fleshy or muscular part, buttock < Frank brado, meat, calf (of leg), akin to OHG brato, OE bræde

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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