Bedford

name

name ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Place names:; A market town, the county town of Bedfordshire, England.
  2. 2
    Place names:; A local government district with borough status of Bedfordshire, England.
  3. 3
    Place names:; A suburb of Leigh, Wigan borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ6799).
  4. 4
    Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, Indiana.
  5. 5
    Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A small city, the county seat of Taylor County, Iowa.
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    Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A small city, the county seat of Trimble County, Kentucky.
  2. 7
    Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
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    Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in New Hampshire.
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    Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Westchester County, New York.
  5. 10
    Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Ohio.
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    Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A borough, the county seat of Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
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    Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Texas.
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    Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A town, the county seat of Bedford County, Virginia.
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    Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Wyoming.
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    Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Bedford Township.
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    Place names:; A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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    Place names:; A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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    Place names:; A city and township in Quebec, Canada.
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    Place names:; A town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
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    Place names:; A suburb of Perth in the City of Bayswater, Western Australia, named after Frederick Bedford.
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    A truck, van, and bus and coach chassis formerly manufactured by the Bedford company, a subsidiary company of Vauxhall Motors. countable

    "New Zealand Railways Road Services used to operate a large fleet of Bedfords."

  17. 22
    An English dukedom.
  18. 23
    A surname.

Example

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"Clarke Bedford is an artist who prides himself on always being a non-conformist."

Etymology

From Middle English Bedforde, Bedeford, from Old English Bedaford, Bedanford, equivalent to Bede's + ford. The civil parish is named after John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710 - 1771). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

Related phrases

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