Brownie

Meanings

Noun

A junior Girl Guide.
A junior Girl Scout.

Proper Noun

A nickname of the surname Brown.

Related

Similar words

Rosebud

Origin

From the story "The Brownies" by Juliana Horatia Ewing, written in 1870. In the story two children, Tommy and Betty, learn that children can be helpful brownies or lazy boggarts.
Brown + -ie

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