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Meaning of brutes

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

brutes

Pronunciation:/bɹuːts/

noun

Definitions

  1. An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast.

  2. A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person.

    Example: One of them was a hulking brute of a man, heavily tattooed and with a hardened face that practically screamed "I just got out of jail."

  3. (Cambridge University slang) One who has not yet matriculated.