BROWNIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brownie mean? 

• BROWNIE (noun)
  The noun BROWNIE has 3 senses:

1. a junior Girl Scout

2. (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

3. square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts

  Familiarity information: BROWNIE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROWNIE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A junior Girl Scout

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Brownie" is a kind of...):

Girl Scout (a girl who is a member of the Girl Scouts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

brownie; elf; gremlin; hob; imp; pixie; pixy

Hypernyms ("brownie" is a kind of...):

faerie; faery; fairy; fay; sprite (a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers)

Domain category:

folklore (the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brownie"):

leprechaun (a mischievous elf in Irish folklore)

sandman (an elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("brownie" is a kind of...):

biscuit; cookie; cooky (any of various small flat sweet cakes ('biscuit' is the British term))

 Context examples 

To others he appears as a beautiful fairy, or a brownie, or in any other form that pleases him.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

I find you rather alarming, when I examine you close at hand: you talk of my being a fairy, but I am sure, you are more like a brownie.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)