Plural of brute

Forms of brute

Brutes in a sentence

• But the brutes are more chivalrous than man—they do not stoop to cowardly intrigue.”1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 96
• At the other extreme, with limitless budgets all they have to do is dream up amazing lighting rigs to be constructed and operated by the huge team of gaffers and sparks, with their generators, discharge lights, flags, gobos and brutes.1999, Des Lyver, Graham Swainson, Basics of Video Lighting, page 103
• Wretched brutes there at the cattlemarket waiting for the poleaxe to split their skulls open.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 8: Laestrygonians]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey]…. From the entry staggering bob
• Universal poets and artists are either plagiators or brutes.2014, Josette Baer, Revolution, Modus Vivendi, or Sovereignty? The Political Thought of the Slovak National Movement from 1861 to 1914…. From the entry plagiator
• Waterman had hidden his beloved Maiden Cordelia in the 50-foot octagonal tower there to keep her from falling into the hands of Vacavillian brutes.2013 July 5, Tony Wade, “Back in the Day: The medieval history of Fairfield, California”, in Daily Republic, archived from the original on…. From the entry Vacavillian

Meaning of brute

1. adjective Without reason or intelligence (of animals).
2. adjective Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans).
3. adjective Unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless.

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Questions about the plural of brute

What is the plural of brute?

The plural of brute is brutes.

Is brute countable?

Brute is a countable noun.