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Brownlee

Brownlee proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Brownlee (plural Brownlees)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Brownlee

pluralBrownlees

Origin of Brownlee

Habitational surname from Old English brūn (“brown”) + lēah (“clearing in a forest”). Equivalent to brown + -lee (“lea”); compare Brown.

Words formed from Brownlee

Questions about Brownlee

What does Brownlee mean?
Brownlee means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Brownlee?
Brownlee is a proper noun.

Words near Brownlee in the dictionary

  1. Brownistic
  2. Brownistical
  3. Brownists
  4. Brownite
  5. Brownites
  6. Brownlee
  7. brownleeite
  8. Brownlees
  9. Brownlie
  10. Brownlies
  11. Brownlow

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