Meaning

noun United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)

noun English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889)

noun English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861)

originFrom Old English Brūning, a patronymic for a person nicknamed Brūn (“brown”) (see Brown). For the first half-century of their manufacturer, the majority of semi-automatic handguns in Europe were designed by John M. Browning.

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