| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  brôn |
| NOUN: | 1. Solid and well-developed muscles, especially of the arms and legs. 2. Muscular strength and power. 3. Chiefly British The meat of a boar. 4. Headcheese. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, muscle, from Old French braon, meat, of Germanic origin. See bhreu- in Appendix I.
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