"Browncoat" meaning in All languages combined

See Browncoat on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Browncoats [plural]
Etymology: brown + coat, after a kind of soldier in the TV series that wore brown coats as uniforms. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|brown|coat}} brown + coat Head templates: {{en-noun}} Browncoat (plural Browncoats)
  1. (fandom slang) A fan of the TV series Firefly. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Fans (people), Science fiction, Television Synonyms: flan Hypernyms: Whedonian, Whedonite

Inflected forms

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