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'''Brandishing''' is displaying a [[Weapon (nonfiction)|weapon]] in order to intimidate another person. | |||
''brand'' (noun): Old English brand, brond "fire, flame; firebrand, piece of burning wood, torch," and (poetic) "sword," from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (source also of Old Norse brandr, Old High German brant, Old Frisian brond "firebrand, blade of a sword," German brand "fire"), from root *bran-/*bren- (see burn (v.)). | |||
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Old English brand, brond "fire, flame; firebrand, piece of burning wood, torch," and (poetic) "sword," from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (source also of Old Norse brandr, Old High German brant, Old Frisian brond "firebrand, blade of a sword," German brand "fire"), from root *bran-/*bren- (see burn (v.)). | |||
* Meaning "identifying mark made by a hot iron" (1550s) | * Meaning "identifying mark made by a hot iron" (1550s) | ||
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* Brand name is from 1922. | * Brand name is from 1922. | ||
brand ( | ''brand'' (verb): | ||
* c. 1400, "to brand, cauterize; stigmatize," originally of criminal marks or cauterized wounds, from brand (n.). | * c. 1400, "to brand, cauterize; stigmatize," originally of criminal marks or cauterized wounds, from ''brand'' (n.). | ||
* As a means of marking property, 1580s; | * As a means of marking property, 1580s; | ||
* Figuratively from c. 1600, often in a bad sense, with the criminal marking in mind. Related: Branded; branding. | * Figuratively from c. 1600, often in a bad sense, with the criminal marking in mind. Related: Branded; branding. | ||
== In the News == | |||
== | <gallery mode="traditional"> | ||
File:The Brandisher.jpg|link=The Brandisher|[[The Brandisher]] circa 1703, prominently displaying a one-handed axe-and-pick weapon. | |||
File:Green_Lantern_Rebirth_6.jpg|link=Power ring (DC Comics) (nonfiction)|[[Green Lanterns]] brandishing their [[Power ring (DC Comics) (nonfiction)|power rings]]. | |||
File:Soldiers with 9 mm pistols.jpg|Soldiers training, not brandishing. | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Fiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[The Brandisher]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
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* [[Weapon (nonfiction)]] | * [[Weapon (nonfiction)]] | ||
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* http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=brand | |||
[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Crime (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Crime (nonfiction)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:21, 24 June 2016
Brandishing is displaying a weapon in order to intimidate another person.
brand (noun): Old English brand, brond "fire, flame; firebrand, piece of burning wood, torch," and (poetic) "sword," from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (source also of Old Norse brandr, Old High German brant, Old Frisian brond "firebrand, blade of a sword," German brand "fire"), from root *bran-/*bren- (see burn (v.)).
- Meaning "identifying mark made by a hot iron" (1550s)
- Broadened by 1827 to "a particular make of goods."
- Brand name is from 1922.
brand (verb):
- c. 1400, "to brand, cauterize; stigmatize," originally of criminal marks or cauterized wounds, from brand (n.).
- As a means of marking property, 1580s;
- Figuratively from c. 1600, often in a bad sense, with the criminal marking in mind. Related: Branded; branding.
In the News
The Brandisher circa 1703, prominently displaying a one-handed axe-and-pick weapon.
Green Lanterns brandishing their power rings.
Soldiers training, not brandishing.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links: