bloom-field

Bloom·field

[bloom-feeld]
noun
1.
Leonard, 1887–1949, U.S. linguist and educator.
2.
a city in NE New Jersey.
3.
a town in N Connecticut.
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Bloomfield (ˈbluːmˌfiːld) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Leonard. 1887--1949, US linguist, influential for his strictly scientific and descriptive approach to comparative linguistics; author of Language (1933)

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