A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
“Well, in the first place, every cattleman has to have a brand to identify his stock. Without it no cattleman, nor half a hundred cowboys, if he had so many, could ever recognize all the cattle in a big herd. […]”
A branding iron.
The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.
The Amtrak brand revitalization approach represents one of the most ambitious, comprehensive, and systematic experiential marketing approaches I have ever seen.
To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
When they caught him, he was branded and then locked up.
To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
A surname.
A municipality in Bludenz district, Vorarlberg, Austria.
A municipality in Tirschenreuth district, Bavaria, Germany.
From Middle English brand, from Old English brand (“fire; flame; burning; torch; sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“flame; flaming; fire-brand; torch; sword”), fr...
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Her face is branded upon my memory.
To stigmatize, label (someone).
He was branded a fool by everyone that heard his story.