Bradley

[ brad-lee ]

noun

1. Bill William Warren, born 1943, U.S. basketball player and politician: senator from New Jersey 1979–97.
2. Francis Herbert, 1846–1924, English philosopher.
3. Henry, 1845–1923, English lexicographer and philologist.
4. Omar Nelson, 1893–1981, U.S. general: Chief of Staff 1948–49; chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1949–53.
5. Thomas Tom, 1917–1998, U.S. politician: mayor of Los Angeles 1973–93.
6. a town in NE Illinois.
7. a male given name.

Bradley

/ ˈbrædlɪ /

noun

1. BradleyA(ndrew) C(ecil)18511935MEnglishWRITING: critic A ( ndrew ) C ( ecil ). 1851–1935, English critic; author of Shakespearian Tragedy (1904)
2. BradleyF(rancis)18461924MEnglishPHILOSOPHY: philosopher F ( rancis ) H ( erbert ). 1846–1924, English idealist philosopher and metaphysical thinker; author of Ethical Studies (1876), Principles of Logic (1883), and Appearance and Reality (1893)
3. BradleyHenry18451923MEnglishLANGUAGE: lexicographer Henry . 1845–1923, English lexicographer; one of the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary
4. BradleyJames16931762MEnglishSCIENCE: astronomer James . 1693–1762, English astronomer, who discovered the aberration of light and the nutation of the earth's axis

Example Sentences

“The youngest old man any of us knows,” an unnamed friend of Atlantic Publisher David Bradley said of Hughes.

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Bradley was a man who worried deeply and brooded over the lives lost among his commands.

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I assume Bradley saw demonstrations of the “Funnies” before rejecting them.

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But the bad weather and heavy seas could not be blamed on Bradley.

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The drawback was that the terrain in front of Bradley made success very costly.

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The first steam rolling mill, with the exception of the one at Soho, was put up at Bradley ironworks.

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In rounding Point Bradley, there is a rocky shelf that runs off the point for perhaps one hundred yards.

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He married the widow of —— Bradley, and was the ancestor of the baronets of Caversham, extinct in 1774.

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"Studd Bradley and his secret-service corps have got their eyes on this street—and on you," returned Sibley dryly.

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As he expected, he saw a head thrust out from the window where Studd Bradley and his friends had been.

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