Brown Bess
nounEtymology
From an archaic meaning of brown, meaning plain or ordinary, and Bess, a nickname for Elizabeth associated with the lower class and prostitutes.
Definitions
The British Army's Land Pattern Musket or any of its derivatives, standard-issue weapons…
The British Army's Land Pattern Musket or any of its derivatives, standard-issue weapons for British soldiers in the American Revolution.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA