Bradley

[ brad-lee ]

noun
  1. Bill William Warren, born 1943, U.S. basketball player and politician: senator from New Jersey 1979–97.

  2. Francis Herbert, 1846–1924, English philosopher.

  1. Henry, 1845–1923, English lexicographer and philologist.

  2. Omar Nelson, 1893–1981, U.S. general: Chief of Staff 1948–49; chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1949–53.

  3. Thomas "Tom", 1917–1998, U.S. politician: mayor of Los Angeles 1973–93.

  4. a town in NE Illinois.

  5. a male given name.

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Bradley

/ (ˈbrædlɪ) /


noun
  1. A (ndrew) C (ecil). 1851–1935, English critic; author of Shakespearian Tragedy (1904)

  2. F (rancis) H (erbert). 1846–1924, English idealist philosopher and metaphysical thinker; author of Ethical Studies (1876), Principles of Logic (1883), and Appearance and Reality (1893)

  1. Henry . 1845–1923, English lexicographer; one of the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary

  2. James . 1693–1762, English astronomer, who discovered the aberration of light and the nutation of the earth's axis

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