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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'brownie', 'Brownie': /ˈbraʊni/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈbraʊni/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(brou′nē)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
brown•ie /ˈbraʊni/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Mythologya good-natured fairy or elf who secretly helps at night with household chores.
  2. Fooda square piece of dense, chewy cake, usually chocolate:She baked a dozen brownies.
  3. a member of the division of the Girl Scouts or the Girl Guides for girls 6–8 years old:[sometimes: Brownie]She was a Brownie for three years.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
brown•ie  (brou′nē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mythologya tiny, fanciful, good-natured brown elf who secretly helps at night with household chores.
  2. Fooda small, chewy, cakelike cookie, usually made with chocolate and containing nuts.
  3. British Terms[Australian.]a bread with currants, baked in a camp oven.
  4. (sometimes cap.) a member of the junior division of the Girl Scouts or the Girl Guides, being a girl in the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade and usually between 6 and 8 years old.
  • 1505–15; brown + -ie; in folkloric sense, origin, originally Scots
    1. See fairy. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
brownie /ˈbraʊnɪ/ n
  1. (in folklore) an elf said to do helpful work at night, esp household chores
  2. a small square dense chocolate cake
Etymology: 16th Century: diminutive of brown (that is, a small brown man)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Brownie /ˈbraʊnɪ/ n
  1. another name for Brownie Guide
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Brownie Guide, Brownie /ˈbraʊnɪ/ n
  1. a member of the Brownie Guides, one of the junior branches (aged 7–10 years) in The Guide Association
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