brown owl

brown owl
noun
: an adult leader of a pack of brownies in the Girl Guide movement

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brown owl noun
1. The tawny owl
2. (with caps; now correctly Brownie Guider) the former official, now the popular, name for a woman who has charge of a group of Brownies
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Main Entry:brown

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n. another term for tawny owl

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brown owl
1. The name of any of several varieties of owl: (see brown a. 2 b and owl n. 1 b and c).
2. In the Brownie movement: (see owl n. 2 b).

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