Bedford

[bed-ferd]

noun

1. John of Lancaster, Duke of, 1389–1435, English regent of France.

2. a city in northern Texas.

3. a city in northeastern Ohio, near Cleveland.

4. a city in southern Indiana.

5. a city in northeastern Massachusetts.

6. former name of North Bedfordshire.

7. Bedfordshire.

Bedford

¹

/ ˈbɛdfəd /

noun

1. a town in SE central England, in Bedfordshire, on the River Ouse; administrative centre of Bedford unitary authority. Pop: 82 488 (2001)

2. a unitary authority of SE central England. Pop: 154 900 (2007 est). Area: 480 sq km (185 sq miles)

3. short for Bedfordshire

Bedford

²

/ ˈbɛdfəd /

noun

1. David . 1937–2011, British composer, influenced by rock music

2. Duke of , title of John of Lancaster . 1389–1435, son of Henry IV of England: protector of England and regent of France (1422–35)

Example Sentences

“Every dinner conversation, every lunch conversation, every pickup conversation, people are talking about—What are we going to do if he wins? Will you move to Miami? Will you move to your home in Bedford? Will you move to Israel?”

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When David Bedford took his first bite of the mystery apple in 1988, he knew he’d found gold.

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That syrupy-sweet and shockingly crisp fruit came from an unremarkable sapling that Bedford, then a graduate student, had rescued from the discard pile of a University of Minnesota breeding program.

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“They said ‘Oh, it’s a nightmare, we’ll never grow that,” Bedford recalled with a chuckle.

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It happened to Julia who was on a train with a friend from Bedford to London when she received unwanted attention from a group of men.

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