brougham

  • 11Brougham [1] — Brougham (engl., spr. brū m, zuweilen fälschlich Broom geschrieben, franz. Coupé chaise), zwei oder vierräderig und dementsprechend für zwei oder vier Personen eingerichteter Wagen mit festem, unbeweglichem Verdeck, gewöhnlich nur mit einem in… …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 12Brougham [2] — Brougham (spr. brū m), Henry, Lord B., brit. Staatsmann, geb. 19. Sept. 1779 in Edinburg, gest. 7. Mai 1868 in Cannes, studierte in Edinburg und machte sich früh durch mathematische und physikalische Arbeiten bekannt. Gleichzeitig bildete er sich …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 13Brougham — (engl., spr. bruhm), fälschlich Broom, zweisitziger geschlossener leichter Kutschwagen …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • 14Brougham — Brougham, Henry, barón de …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 15brougham — [ brum, bruəm ] noun count a vehicle used in the past, pulled by a horse …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16Brougham —    Some automobile manufacturers make a model they call a brougham. It s usually a distinguished, more expensive model. At one time broughams were built with no roof over the chauffeur s section. It was quite a snazzy looking car, even though the …

    Dictionary of eponyms

  • 17Brougham — This interesting surname is of English locational origin from a place thus called in Westmorland. The placename was recorded as Bruham in the Patent Rolls of 1228, and derives from the Old English pre 7th Century burh meaning a fortified place,… …

    Surnames reference

  • 18brougham — /brooh euhm, broohm, broh euhm/, n. 1. a four wheeled, boxlike, closed carriage for two or four persons, having the driver s perch outside. 2. Auto. a. (formerly) a limousine having an open driver s compartment. b. an early type of automobile… …

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  • 19brougham — [19] A brougham was a fourwheeled one horse carriage. It was named after Henry Peter Brougham, first Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778–1868), British Whig politician, jurist, and educational reformer, who designed the original brougham in 1838 …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 20brougham — [19] A brougham was a fourwheeled one horse carriage. It was named after Henry Peter Brougham, first Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778–1868), British Whig politician, jurist, and educational reformer, who designed the original brougham in 1838 …

    Word origins