Brownswick
English
Etymology
Alternative anglicisation of German Braunschweig.
Proper noun
Brownswick
- Obsolete spelling of Brunswick.
- 1559, Richard Clough, Letter, quoted in 1839, John William Burgon, The Life and Times of Sir Thomas Gresham, Volume 1, page 253,
- On the ryght hande of hym went the Duke of Arons, a Spanyarde; and on the left hand, Duke George of Brownswick:n either of them held up the King's robes before.
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- n The Dukes of Brunswick and Artois, according to the Italian authority.[editorial footnote]
- 1801, Beriah Newton, Letter, 1916, Worthington Chauncey Ford (editorial notes), Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence: Printed from the Originals in the Collections of William K. Bixby, page 91,
- Directly after I rec'd the Said Letter I took Passeg for New York and went over to Brownswick to see the Judge.
- 1559, Richard Clough, Letter, quoted in 1839, John William Burgon, The Life and Times of Sir Thomas Gresham, Volume 1, page 253,
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