Bran Definition

brăn
noun
The broken outer coat, or husk, of grains of wheat, rye, oats, etc. separated from the flour after grinding, as by sifting.
Webster's New World
A gigantic Celtic hero and ruler of Britain. After he was mortally wounded in battle, his head was buried in London, where it served as a protection against invaders.
American Heritage
A giant and king of ancient Britain.
Webster's New World

The European carrion crow.

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Other Word Forms of Bran

Noun

Singular:
bran
Plural:
brans

Origin of Bran

  • From Anglo-Norman bren, bran (“bran, filth”), from Gaulish brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (compare Welsh braen ‘stench’, Irish bréan ‘rancid’), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁g- (compare Latin fragrāre ‘to smell strongly’, Dutch brak ‘hound’).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French of Celtic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Welsh Brân from brân raven

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Bran Sentence Examples

  • The bran is used for cattle-food and poultices, and the grain in the distillery.

  • Throughout other parts bullocks are fed on pasture land, and also in stables on nourishing and succulent feed such as hay, Indian corn fodder, Indian corn silage, turnips, carrots, mangels, ground oats, barley, peas, Indian corn, rye, bran and linseed oil cake.

  • It flourishes best in small tanks and ponds, in which the water is constantly changing and does not freeze; in such localities, and with a full supply of food, which consists of weeds, crumbs of bread, bran, worms, small crustaceans and insects, it attains to a length of from 6 to 12 in., breeding readily, sometimes at different times of the same year.

  • In the 3rd century Bronwen (white bosom), daughter of Bran Fendigaid (the blessed), is said to have stayed here, perhaps by force; and there was here a tower, called Twr Bronwen, and replaced about A.D.

  • Bran also appears as a historical name, Latinized as Brennus.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

NANRAN

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Words Starting With B and Ending With N

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