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Brent

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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.
brent  (brnt)
n. Chiefly British
Variant of brant.
Brent [brɛnt]
n
(Placename) a borough of NW Greater London. Pop.: 263 463 (2001). Area: 44 sq. km (17 sq. miles)
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Noun1.Brentbrent - 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


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Brent furious with him for being furious; Lieutenant Spooney was cut to the heart; and the landlord got ready his best apartments previous to the return of the fascinating little woman and her husband.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
Brent, which cannot fly eighteen inches high without going head over heels.
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