bruce

Definition of Bruce in English :

Noun

1. bruce, david bruce, sir david bruce

Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)

2. bruce, robert i, robert the bruce

king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

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noun

1.

James. 1730–94, British explorer, who discovered the source of the Blue Nile (1770)

2.

Lenny. 1925–66, US comedian, whose satirical sketches, esp of the sexual attitudes of his contemporaries, brought him prosecutions for obscenity, but are now regarded as full of insight as well as wit

3.

Robert the Bruce

Robert I

4.

Stanley Melbourne, 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne. 1883–1967, Australian statesman; prime minister, in coalition with Sir Earle Page's Country Party, of Australia (1923–29)

noun

British

a jocular name for an Australian man

Bruce

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noun

a masculine name

Robert (the)1274-1329; king of Scotland (as Robert I, 1306-29): won independence of Scotland from England

Bruce

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See Robert I².

American comedian whose scathing, often obscene humor strongly influenced later comics.

Australian politician who was prime minister (1923-1929) and a delegate (1933-1936) to the League of Nations.

Australian-born British physician and bacteriologist known for his description (1887) of the bacterium that causes undulant fever, or brucellosis.

American political leader who was the first African-American politician to serve a full term in the US Senate (1875-1881).

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