A Quick and Simple Dictionary

brute

1. Adjective.  Without reason or intelligence (of animals). (defdate, from 15th c.) .
2. Adjective.  Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans). (defdate, from 16th c.) .
3. Adjective.  Being unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless. (defdate, from 16th c.) .
4. Adjective.  Crude, unpolished. (defdate, from 17th c.) .
5. Noun.  An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast. (defdate, from 17th c.) .
6. Noun.  Someone with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person. (defdate, from 17th c.) .
7. Verb.  (obsolete spelling of, bruit) .