Bradford

//ˈbɹædfɚd// name, noun

name, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A shaken martini.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A number of places in England:; A city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire.
  2. 2
    A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Blisland parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX1175).
  3. 3
    A number of places in England:; A settlement in Youlgreave parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2164).
  4. 4
    A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS4207).
  5. 5
    A number of places in England:; An area of Manchester, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ8698).
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    A number of places in England:; A small village in Adderstone with Lucker parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU1532).
  2. 7
    An urban area in the town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada.
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    A suburb in the Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
  4. 9
    A locality in the Shire of Mount Alexander, central Victoria, Australia.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; A small city in White County, Arkansas.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; A village in Stark County, Illinois.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Morgan Township, Harrison County, Indiana.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Iowa.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Franklin County, Iowa.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; A village and former town in Essex County, Massachusetts.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; A township in Isanti County, Minnesota.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; A township in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; A town in Steuben County, New York.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; A village in Darke County and Miami County, Ohio.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; A township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; A city and township in McKean County, Pennsylvania.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Washington County, Rhode Island.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; A town in Gibson County, Tennessee.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Texas.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; A town in Orange County, Vermont.
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    A large number of places in the United States:; A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.
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    A habitational surname from Old English.
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    A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.

    ""Bradford? I didn't know you called him Bradford." "That's just one more thing you don't know about me. I call him Bradford because it makes me feel like I'm in a soap opera. That's what they name men on soap operas. Bradford and Desmond and Elliott and Royce. - - -"

Example

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"Bradford is arguably the ugliest town in Britain."

Etymology

* Various place names in England, from Old English brād (“broad”) + ford (“ford”). * (shaken martini)

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