BrutA rhyming chronicle, as the Brut d'Angleterre and Le Roman de Brut, by Wace (twelfth century). Brut is the Romance word bruit (a rumour, hence a tradition, or a chronicle based on tradition). It is by mere accident that the word resembles “Brute” or “Brutus,” the traditional king. (See next column.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Brut from Infoplease:
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