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
 * 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