Noun

1. An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.
2. A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.
3. A large, savage looking man.

   One of them was a hulking brute of a man, heavily tattooed and with a hardened face that practically screamed "I just got out of jail."

Adjective

1. Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.
2. Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation.
3. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence.
4. Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.
5. Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling.
6. Purely physical.
7. Harsh; blunt