ˈbrin-, -ruen- noun
Usage: usually capitalized B
Etymology: from Brünn (now Brno), Czechoslovakia
: an Upper Paleolithic people related to the Cro-Magnons but differing in having shorter stature, narrower face and head, and heavier brow ridges, originally based on skeletal material found associated with Solutrean artifacts at Brno and Predmost, Czechoslovakia, and subsequently recognized in fossil finds in other parts of Europe, in No. Africa, and in western Asia and as a component in modern man