BRUNSWICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brunswick mean? 

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

1. a university town in southwestern Maine

2. a town in southeast Georgia near the Atlantic coast; a port of entry

3. a city in central Germany

  Familiarity information: BRUNSWICK used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRUNSWICK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A university town in southwestern Maine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Brunswick" is a part of...):

Maine; ME; Me.; Pine Tree State (a state in New England)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A town in southeast Georgia near the Atlantic coast; a port of entry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

point of entry; port of entry (a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise)

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A city in central Germany

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Braunschweig; Brunswick

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Brunswick" is a part of...):

Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)

 Context examples 

Consider how many of my dearest friends are now in Brunswick Square.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

It was all arranged, it was all completed, and Harriet was safe in Brunswick Square.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

He had returned to a late dinner, after some days' absence, and now walked up to Hartfield to say that all were well in Brunswick Square.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

“Good God! Mr. Weston, tell me at once. Something has happened in Brunswick Square. I know it has. Tell me, I charge you tell me this moment what it is.”

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Mr. Wingfield thinks the vicinity of Brunswick Square decidedly the most favourable as to air.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The neighbourhood of Brunswick Square is very different from almost all the rest.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

She could only resolve at last, that she would still avoid a meeting with her, and communicate all that need be told by letter; that it would be inexpressibly desirable to have her removed just now for a time from Highbury, and—indulging in one scheme more—nearly resolve, that it might be practicable to get an invitation for her to Brunswick Square.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

She made her plan; she would speak of something totally different—the children in Brunswick Square; and she only waited for breath to begin, when Mr. Knightley startled her, by saying, You will not ask me what is the point of envy.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Neither would she regret that he should be going to Brunswick Square, for she knew how much his visit would be enjoyed—but it might have happened at a better time—and to have had longer notice of it, would have been pleasanter.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

It was made a great favour of; and altogether it was more than I could bear; and so I never would finish it, to have it apologised over as an unfavourable likeness, to every morning visitor in Brunswick Square;—and, as I said, I did then forswear ever drawing any body again.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)