Bruce
Blanche Kelso, 1841–98, U.S. politician: first African American to serve a full term as U.S. senator 1875–81.
Sir David, 1855–1931, Australian physician.
Lenny Leonard Schneider, 1926–66, U.S. comedian.
Robert. Robert I (def. 2).
Stanley Melbourne 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne, 1883–1967, Australian statesman: prime minister 1923–29.
a male given name: from a Norman family name.
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How to use Bruce in a sentence
His hero, Bruce Springsteen, is a gazillionaire, but he still manages to come across as a regular guy, so perception is reality.
“Bruce – Spoke to someone very senior in State (confidentially),” wrote Lynton.
Exclusive: Sony Emails Say State Department Blessed Kim Jong-Un Assassination in ‘The Interview’ | William Boot | December 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOr there he is, matching leather jackets with a baby-faced Bruce Springsteen.
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings | Melissa Leon | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe psychologists who served there included two officers, James Elmer Mitchell and John Bruce Jessen.
The Luxury Homes That Torture and Your Tax Dollars Built | Michael Daly | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI think some of the energy of the performance came from Bruce deciding, 'I'm going to claim this song back from Reagan.'
Are Politicians Too Dumb to Understand the Lyrics to ‘Born in the USA’? | Parker Molloy | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
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. SinclairHemingburgh 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. MurisonWhen the time for open action arrived, Bruce appealed to his father's men of Annandale.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonAt such a moment neither party would affect to forget the Bruce's royal pretensions.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonIn 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)
/ (bruːs) /
James . 1730–94, British explorer, who discovered the source of the Blue Nile (1770)
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
Robert the Bruce: See Robert I
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)
/ (bruːs) /
British a jocular name for an Australian man
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