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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A town and civil parish with a town council in Bracknell Forest district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8669).
2. 2
   A local government district in Berkshire formed in 1974 and renamed Bracknell Forest in May 1988.
3. 3
   A town in Meander Valley council area and the Northern Midlands council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.

Example

More examples

"And, speaking of the science of Life, have you got the cucumber sandwiches cut for Lady Bracknell?"

Etymology

First recorded in a Winkfield Boundary Charter of AD 942 as Braccan heal, perhaps meaning "nook of land belonging to a man called Bracca".

Related phrases

Bracknell Forest

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