Bradford
//ˈbɹædfɚd// name, noun
name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A shaken martini.
Proper Noun
- 1 A number of places in England:; A city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire.
- 2 A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Blisland parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX1175).
- 3 A number of places in England:; A settlement in Youlgreave parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2164).
- 4 A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS4207).
- 5 A number of places in England:; An area of Manchester, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ8698).
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- 6 A number of places in England:; A small village in Adderstone with Lucker parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU1532).
- 7 An urban area in the town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada.
- 8 A suburb in the Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- 9 A locality in the Shire of Mount Alexander, central Victoria, Australia.
- 10 A large number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama.
- 11 A large number of places in the United States:; A small city in White County, Arkansas.
- 12 A large number of places in the United States:; A village in Stark County, Illinois.
- 13 A large number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Morgan Township, Harrison County, Indiana.
- 14 A large number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Iowa.
- 15 A large number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Franklin County, Iowa.
- 16 A large number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
- 17 A large number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky.
- 18 A large number of places in the United States:; A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
- 19 A large number of places in the United States:; A village and former town in Essex County, Massachusetts.
- 20 A large number of places in the United States:; A township in Isanti County, Minnesota.
- 21 A large number of places in the United States:; A township in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
- 22 A large number of places in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
- 23 A large number of places in the United States:; A town in Steuben County, New York.
- 24 A large number of places in the United States:; A village in Darke County and Miami County, Ohio.
- 25 A large number of places in the United States:; A township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
- 26 A large number of places in the United States:; A city and township in McKean County, Pennsylvania.
- 27 A large number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Washington County, Rhode Island.
- 28 A large number of places in the United States:; A town in Gibson County, Tennessee.
- 29 A large number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Texas.
- 30 A large number of places in the United States:; A town in Orange County, Vermont.
- 31 A large number of places in the United States:; A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.
- 32 A habitational surname from Old English.
- 33 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. - - -"
Synonyms
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More examples"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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