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'''Brandishing''' is displaying a [[weapon]] in order to intimidate another person.
'''Brandishing''' is displaying a [[Weapon (nonfiction)|weapon]] in order to intimidate another person.


== Etymology ==
''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.)).
 
brand (n.)
 
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 (v.)
''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.


Source: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=brand
== In the News ==
 
== Fiction cross-reference ==


<gallery mode="traditional">
<gallery mode="traditional">
File:432px-Welt-Galleria_T063.jpg|link=The Brandisher|thumb|[[The Brandisher]] circa 1703, prominently displaying a one-handed axe-and-pick weapon.
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: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>
</gallery>
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[The Brandisher]]
* [[The Brandisher]]
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* [[Crime (nonfiction)]]
* [[Crime (nonfiction)]]
* [[Weapon (nonfiction)]]
* [[Weapon (nonfiction)]]
External links:
* http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=brand




[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Crime (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Crime (nonfiction)]]

Latest revision as of 10:21, 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

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

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