Broadmoor
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.
- 2 A high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England.
"Unusually for a Broadmoor patient, he traveled with another patient being transferred from the same prison, a gentleman called Edmund Dainty, who had killed a fellow patient in the Surrey Asylum."
Example
More examples"Unusually for a Broadmoor patient, he traveled with another patient being transferred from the same prison, a gentleman called Edmund Dainty, who had killed a fellow patient in the Surrey Asylum."
Etymology
From broad + moor.
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