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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small sausage of highly seasoned fresh pork, usually served fried.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a small pork sausage seasoned with spices and herbs, and usually served broiled or sauteed.

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  • noun A small pork sausage, usually served fried.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a small pork sausage

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[German, from Middle High German brātwurst, from Old High German : brāto, meat; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots + wurst, sausage; see wurst.]

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Borrowing from German Bratwurst

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