Brass (disambiguation)

Brass is a metal alloy of copper and zinc.

"Brass" is also military slang for officers, especially high-ranking ones with broad decision-making powers; it is also used to refer to senior management in companies and other organizations.

Brass may also refer to:

Arts and culture

• Brass, brass instruments, musical instruments usually made of brass; or the part of an orchestra composed of players of those instruments
• Brass, a novel by Helen Walsh
• Brass (album), an album by Minibosses
• Brass (board game), a board game set in England during the industrial revolution
• Brass (film), a 1923 silent film romance
• Brass (TV series), a 1980s British television series starring Timothy West

Geography

• Brass, Nigeria, a local government area in Bayelsa State, Nigeria
  • Twon-Brass, a town in Nigeria, head of the Brass local government area
  • Brass Island, island in Nigeria, site of Twon-Brass

People with the surname

• Chris Brass (born 1975), English footballer
• Daniel J. Brass (born ca. 1948), American organizational theorist
• Eleanor Brass (1905–1992), Canadian writer
• John Brass, rugby player
• John Brass (colliery manager)
• John Brass (writer)
• Jim Brass, a character on the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• Leonard John Brass (1900–1971), Australian botanist
• Otto Brass (1875–1950), German politician
• Steffani Brass (born 1992), American actress
• Tinto Brass (born 1933), Italian filmmaker

Other

• "Brass", English slang term for money, i.e. "brass in pocket"; as well as effrontery and in an alternative context, also slang for a prostitute
• "Brass", the metallic body of a cartridge case, usually made of brass
• Horse brass, a plaque used to decorate shire horses
• Monumental brass, commemorative plates laid down in British and European churches