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Brownie

Brownie

7 2.2
A girl of about seven to ten who is in a junior Girl Scout group
  • noun
  • /ˈbraʊni/
: brownie
  • I was a Brownie.
  • Brownie troop
  • Brownie uniform
  • Brownie Scouts

So if I remember correctly, Lynn was in the Brownies and Girl Scouts and Steve was in the Boy Scouts, but I wasn't in either.

Examples

  • The last time Giselle saw her, she'd had P250 braces on her teeth and was wearing a Brownie uniform.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • My fondest recollections of childhood learning, however, came from trips taken with my Brownie troop.

    Academic text (2011)

  • I have seen those since I was a Brownie.

    A Feast of Man (2016)

  • I wanted to be a Brownie or a Campfire Girl, and wear a beret and learn to sew.

    Academic text (2004)

  • When my daughter Eleanor became a Brownie Girl Scout, she was so excited to make new friends.

  • Mother Deede is leading her oldest daughter Taylor's Brownie troop at Elm Street Elementary this year.

  • Did you know that I got the highest points in my Brownie troop for fire-building activities last summer?

Synonyms

Girl Scout
vsBrownie
47 1.8

A girl who belongs to a group that teaches skills and helps other people

is the junior division member for younger children aged about seven to ten

Compounds

brownie point
  • Informal
7 4.4

A small sign of approval people get from others for doing something helpful

brownie mix
1 1.1

A packaged dry product with most ingredients for brownies that needs eggs and oil

fudgy brownie
1 1.3

A small, dense chocolate cake that is very moist and rich

Surface Forms

Brownie singular
Brownies plural

Etymology

Brownie comes from old stories about small, helpful house spirits called 'brownies' who would do chores at night for a family. The Girl Scouts used this name for their youngest members because the girls are small and learn to help others, so Brownie now means a junior member of the troop.