- a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue.
- a person whose skin has a light- or dark-brown pigmentation.
- of the color brown.
- (of animals) having skin, fur, hair, or feathers of that color.
- sunburned or tanned.
- (of human beings) having the skin naturally pigmented a brown color.
- to make or become brown.
- to fry, sauté, or scorch slightly in cooking: to brown onions before adding them to the stew. The potatoes browned in the pan.
- to subject to a brownout: The power failure browned out the southern half of the state.
- angry; fed up.
- to do thoroughly: When they entertain, they really do it up brown.
- U.S. writer and intellectual, known as “the Father of the American novel.”
- U.S. jazz trumpeter and composer.
- U.S. chemist, born in England: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1979.
- U.S. politician: governor of California 1975–83 and 2011–19.
- U.S. football player and actor: Pro Football Hall of Fame 1971.
- U.S. abolitionist: leader of the attack at Harpers Ferry, where he was captured, tried for treason, and hanged.
- U.S. author noted for early-childhood books, including Goodnight Moon.
- U.S. women's-rights activist and Universalist minister: first American woman ordained by a major church.
- Scottish botanist noted for his pioneering work in paleobotany and palynology.
- any of various colours, such as those of wood or earth, produced by low intensity light in the wavelength range 620–585 nanometres
- a dye or pigment producing these colours
- brown cloth or clothing
- any of numerous mostly reddish-brown butterflies of the genera Maniola, Lasiommata, etc, such as M. jurtina (meadow brown): family Satyridae
- of the colour brown
- (of bread) made from a flour that has not been bleached or bolted, such as wheatmeal or wholemeal flour
- deeply tanned or sunburnt
- to make (esp food as a result of cooking) brown or (esp of food) to become brown
- Sir Arthur Whitten (ˈwɪt ə n). 1886–1948, British aviator who with J.W. Alcock made the first flight across the Atlantic (1919)
- Ford Madox . 1821–93, British painter, associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His paintings include The Last of England (1865) and Work (1865)
- George (Alfred), Lord George-Brown. 1914–85, British Labour politician; vice-chairman and deputy leader of the Labour party (1960–70); foreign secretary 1966–68
- George Mackay . 1921–96, Scottish poet, novelist, and short-story writer. His works, which include the novels Greenvoe (1972) and Magnus (1973), reflect the history and culture of Orkney
- (James) Gordon . born 1951, British Labour politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer (1997–2007); prime minister (2007–10)
- Herbert Charles . 1912–2004, US chemist, who worked on the compounds of boron. Nobel prize for chemistry 1979
- James . 1933–2006, US soul singer and songwriter, noted for his dynamic stage performances and for his commitment to Black rights
- John . 1800–59, US abolitionist leader, hanged after leading an unsuccessful rebellion of slaves at Harper's Ferry, Virginia
- Lancelot, called Capability Brown . 1716–83, British landscape gardener
- Michael (Stuart). born 1941, US physician: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1985) for work on cholesterol
- Robert . 1773–1858, Scottish botanist who was the first to observe the Brownian movement in fluids
