Brent

Brent  (brnt), Margaret 1600-1671?

English-born colonist and feminist. She immigrated to Maryland in 1638 and was the first woman to obtain a land grant there.

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brent  (brnt)

n. Chiefly British

Variant of brant.

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brent or esp US brant

Noun

a small goose with dark grey plumage and a short neck

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Noun

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brent - small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward brant, brant goose, brent goose goose - web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks Branta, genus Branta - wild geese Branta bernicla, common brant goose - the best known variety of brant goose