definition of
brute

[1] #1 brute n. [beast, wolf, savage, wildcat] a cruelly rapacious person. wn

[2] #2 brute s. [beastly, bestial, brutish, brutal] resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners". wn

[3] #3 brute n. [animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna] a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. wn