1590s; see broad (adj.) + -minded. This abstract mental sense of broad existed in Old English; for example in bradnes "breadth," also "liberality."
a judge who is broad-minded but even-handed
broadcast
broadcaster
broadcasting
broadcloth
broaden
broad-minded
broadsheet
broadside
broadsword
Broadway
Brobdingnag
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