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- noun medicine One who advocates the
Brunonian system ofmedicine . - noun historical An English Dissenter and follower of Robert Browne (Brownist) (1540–1633).
Etymologies
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They referred to themselves as "the Godly," but were called by others less charitable "the precise;" another epithet was "Brownist," after Robert "Troublechurch" Browne, an early charismatic leader.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Unless CMD gets his act together and starts to score the open goals, then we are doomed to another disastrous advance of the Brownist regime. john miller
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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If you were a non conformist, a quaker, Methodist or a Brownist you were forbidden to hold offices of State.
Chris R. Tame Memorial Prize Winning Essay Patrick Vessey 2008
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Are they seriously going to give Broon statesmanlike-calm-in-the-face-of-tragedy scripts when this is the logistically chaotic Brownist state all over , helped by his local incompetents .
Monday Open Thread 2007
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I hate: I had as lief be a Brownist as a politician.
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Nothing angers her so much as that women cannot preach, and in this point only thinks the Brownist erroneous; but what she cannot at the church she does at the table, where she prattles more than any against sense and
Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters John Earle
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Catholic, and Protestant with cordiality and only smile at the puritan or Brownist.
The Facts About Shakespeare William Allan Nielson
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Lucifer's Lacky: the true character of a dissembling Brownist, 1641. 8.
Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters John Earle
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Sir And. Ant be any way, it must be with valour, for policy I hate: I had as lief be a Brownist as a politician.
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Brownist, and for the first time in his life had found his regicide great-grandfather useful.
The Path of the King John Buchan 1907
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