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Bed⋅ford

[bed-ferd]
–noun
1. John of Lancaster, Duke of, 1389–1435, English regent of France.
2. a city in N Texas. 20,821.
3. a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland. 15,056.
4. a city in S Indiana. 14,410.
5. a city in NE Massachusetts. 13,067.
6. former name of North Bedfordshire.
7. Bedfordshire.

Bed⋅ford⋅shire

[bed-ferd-sheer, -sher]
–noun
a county in central England. 489,500; 477 sq. mi. (1235 sq. km).
Also called Bedford, Beds.

North Bedfordshire

–noun
a city in Bedfordshire, in central England. 130,500.
Formerly, Bedford.
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Bed·ford   (běd'fərd)   
  1. A municipal borough of south-central England on the Ouse River west of Cambridge. It was the site of a British victory over the Saxons in 571. Population: 82,400.

  2. A city of northern Texas northeast of Fort Worth. It was settled c. 1843. Population: 48,800.

Bedford, Duke of  
See John of Lancaster.
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