English lyric poet (1887-1915)
"The anthology features poems by Brooke, the English lyric poet who died young in 1915."
Obsolete spelling of brook
"The old manuscript used the obsolete spelling brooke to represent the verb meaning to tolerate or stream."
"Brooke walked past us in her bright red dress yesterday."
Obsolete spelling of brook
"The archaic manuscript records that a shepherd named Brooke tended his flock in the valley."
In plain English: To brooke means to tolerate or put up with something annoying.
"The ancient text mentions that the wise man will not brooke any falsehood in its presence."
A surname, from Middle English​.
"The Brooke family has lived in that village for several generations."
Brooke is a topographic surname that originally identified people who lived near a small stream or brook. The name traveled into English as a way to describe an individual's location rather than referring to the water feature itself.