Brown Bess

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The British Army's Land Pattern Musket or any of its derivatives, standard-issue weapons for British soldiers in the American Revolution. informal

词形变化

Brown Besses plural

词源

From an archaic meaning of brown, meaning plain or ordinary, and Bess, a nickname for Elizabeth associated with the lower class and prostitutes.
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