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Meaning of brute in English
Pronunciation
/brut/
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Noun
brute
Etymology
late Middle English (as an adjective): from Old French brut(e), from Latin brutus‘dull, stupid’
Definitions
1.
a cruelly rapacious person
2.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement