What is the meaning of Browning?

noun

• United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926.
  • synonyms: John M. Browning, John Moses Browning
• English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889.
  • synonyms: Robert Browning
• English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861.
  • synonyms: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
• Cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill.
  • usage: "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread"
  • synonyms: toasting

verb

• Fry in a pan until it changes color.
  • usage: "brown the meat in the pan"
  • synonyms: brown
• Make brown in color.
  • usage: "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard"
  • synonyms: embrown, brown