Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bruno

3 senses of bruno

Sense 1
Leo IX, Bruno, Bruno of Toul -- (German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054))
       INSTANCE OF=> pope, Catholic Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, pontiff, Holy Father, Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome -- (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)

Sense 2
Bruno, Saint Bruno, St. Bruno -- ((Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101))
       INSTANCE OF=> cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic -- (a clergyman or other person in religious orders)
       INSTANCE OF=> saint -- (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

Sense 3
Bruno, Giordano Bruno -- (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))
       INSTANCE OF=> philosopher -- (a specialist in philosophy)