English Explanatory Dictionary

brumby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wild or feral horse.
name
  1. A former village in Brumby and Frodingham district, Frodingham parish, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.
  2. A locality in the Shire of East Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia.
  3. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɹʌmbi/ EN-AU ck1 brumby.ogg

Word forms

brumby brumbies Brumbys

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps from James Brumby, early Australian soldier and pastoralist, who is said to have left horses at his abandoned property.

Related words

mustang

Derived words

Brumby Plains
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