Bruce

[ broos ]

noun
  1. Blanche Kelso, 1841–98, U.S. politician: first African American to serve a full term as U.S. senator 1875–81.

  2. Sir David, 1855–1931, Australian physician.

  1. Lenny Leonard Schneider, 1926–66, U.S. comedian.

  2. Stanley Melbourne 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne, 1883–1967, Australian statesman: prime minister 1923–29.

  3. a male given name: from a Norman family name.

Words Nearby Bruce

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How to use Bruce in a sentence

  • In a minute Bruce was back with his hat full of water from the creek that whimpered just beyond the willow patch.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • Hemingburgh makes Bruce speak to his father's vassals before the Irvine episode as a Scotsman, at any rate by descent.

    King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison
  • When the time for open action arrived, Bruce appealed to his father's men of Annandale.

    King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison
  • At such a moment neither party would affect to forget the Bruce's royal pretensions.

    King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison
  • In the next year or two Bruce manifested special devotion to the English King.

    King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison

British Dictionary definitions for Bruce (1 of 2)

Bruce1

/ (bruːs) /


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

  1. Robert the Bruce: See Robert I

  2. 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)

British Dictionary definitions for Bruce (2 of 2)

Bruce2

/ (bruːs) /


noun
  1. British a jocular name for an Australian man

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