browning meaning and definition

BROWNING noun

Definition of Browning (noun)

1. United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
   • synonyms: John M. Browning, John Moses Browning
2. English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889)
   • synonyms: Robert Browning
3. English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861)
   • synonyms: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
4. cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill
   • "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread"
   • synonyms: toasting