Bradley

[brad-lee]

noun

BillWilliam Warren, born 1943, U.S. basketball player and politician: senator from New Jersey 1979–97.

Francis Herbert,1846–1924, English philosopher.

Henry,1845–1923, English lexicographer and philologist.

Omar Nelson,1893–1981, U.S. general: Chief of Staff 1948–49; chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1949–53.

ThomasTom, 1917–1998, U.S. politician: mayor of Los Angeles 1973–93.

a town in NE Illinois.

a male given name.

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Examples from the Web for bradley

Contemporary Examples of bradley

Bradley was a man who worried deeply and brooded over the lives lost among his commands.
Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day
James Jones
November 15, 2014
I assume Bradley saw demonstrations of the “Funnies” before rejecting them.
Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day
James Jones
November 15, 2014
But the bad weather and heavy seas could not be blamed on Bradley.
Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day
James Jones
November 15, 2014
The drawback was that the terrain in front of Bradley made success very costly.
Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day
James Jones
November 15, 2014
This coming week, a revival of the play goes into previews, with Bradley Cooper in the starring role.
The True Story of ‘The Elephant Man’
Russell Saunders
November 3, 2014

Historical Examples of bradley

Dr. Bradley, gentle and direct, had been the Conroys' family physician for years.
Dust
Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
Her brother, Bradley, says they belong to him to save her reputation.
Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight
Mathew Joseph Holt
As they drew near the arbor they heard Bradley say: "This was my dream, Dorothy."
Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight
Mathew Joseph Holt
"This is Mr. Bradley," he said, then suddenly recognized his wife's voice.
The Film of Fear
Arnold Fredericks
He could do more in five minutes 141 to make me see a point than Bradley can in an hour.
Fair Harbor
Joseph Crosby Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for bradley

Bradley

noun

A (ndrew) C (ecil). 1851–1935, English critic; author of Shakespearian Tragedy (1904)

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)

Henry . 1845–1923, English lexicographer; one of the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary

James . 1693–1762, English astronomer, who discovered the aberration of light and the nutation of the earth's axis

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