brandy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice

WordNet

Bran"dy noun
Etymology
From older brandywine, brandwine, fr. D. brandewijn, fr. p. p. of branden to burn, distill + wijn wine, akin to G. branntwein. See Brand.
Wordforms
plural Brandies
Definitions
  1. A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from wine. The name is also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain.

Webster 1913