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Brown·ing  (brounng), Elizabeth Barrett 1806-1861.

British poet. Overcoming ill health and the jealous objections of her tyrannical father, she eloped to Italy with Robert Browning and married him in 1846. Her greatest work, Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850), is a sequence of love poems written to her husband.

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Browning, John Moses 1855-1926.

American firearms inventor whose designs include repeating rifles, automatic pistols, and a machine gun dubbed "the Peacemaker" that was used in the Spanish-American War and adapted for aerial warfare in World War I.

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Browning, Robert 1812-1889.

British poet best known for dramatic monologues such as "My Last Duchess," "Fra Lippo Lippi," and "The Bishop Orders His Tomb." His work, including his masterpiece, The Ring and the Book (1868-1869), explored new ways of using diction and poetic rhythm.

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browning

Noun

Brit a substance used to darken gravies

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Browning - United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926) John M. Browning, John Moses Browning
	2.	Browning - English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889) Robert Browning
	3.	Browning - English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861) Elizabeth Barrett Browning
	4.	browning - cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill; "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread" toasting cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"