Associations to the word «Bruno»

Wiktionary

BRUNO, proper noun. A male given name.
BRUNO, proper noun. A surname​.
BRUNO, proper noun. (folklore) A name for the bear.
BRUNO, proper noun. A city in Minnesota
BRUNO, proper noun. A village in Nebraska
BRUNO, proper noun. A municipality in Piedmont, Italy
BRUNO, proper noun. A town in Saskatchewan

Dictionary definition

BRUNO, noun. German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054).
BRUNO, noun. (Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101).
BRUNO, noun. Italian philosopher who used Copernican principles to develop a pantheistic monistic philosophy; condemned for heresy by the Inquisition and burned at the stake (1548-1600).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats