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Bruce

//bɹuːs// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Scottish surname, most notably of Robert the Bruce.
  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. 3
    A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
  4. 4
    A town and locality north of Adelaide, South Australia.
  5. 5
    A hamlet in Beaver County, Alberta, Canada.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A former town in Rock County, Minnesota.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Calhoun County, Mississippi.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Brookings County, South Dakota.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; Some townships, in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan (2), Minnesota, and North Carolina (2), listed under Bruce Township.
Noun
  1. 1
    A man. Australian, slang

    "See Thesaurus:man"

  2. 2
    Acronym of behaviors and talk, remembering, understanding, communicating, and evaluating. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncommon, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From a Norman place name, Brix, of disputed meaning.

Etymology 2

From the man's name Bruce.

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