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Definition of Brayers
1. brayer [n] - See also: brayer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brayers
Literary usage of Brayers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1895)
"... nothing to the truth of the story, —they being aldermen or bailiffs the
brayers,—for your bailiff is as good a hand at braying as your alderman. ..."
2. The Novelist's Magazine (1782)
"... in faying the brayers were aldermen; for, according to this ... the brayers
were aldermen or bailiffs, provided they really ..."
3. Bulletin universel des sciences et de l'industrie (1826)
"Hernies et brayers.—MM. I.arrey et Ficher-Grandchamp font un rapport sur un
mémoire de M. ... Les brayers usités jusqu'à ce jour ne remplissent pas, ..."
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