Meanings
- obsoleteObsolete spelling of Brunswick.
n The Dukes of Brunswick and Artois, according to the Italian authority.
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. […]1 more example
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.
Origin
Alternative anglicisation of German Braunschweig.
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