Bristol

[ bris-tl ]

/ ˈbrɪs tl /

noun

a seaport in Avon, in SW England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary.

a city in central Connecticut.

a city in NE Tennessee, contiguous with but politically independent of Bristol, Virginia.

a town in E Rhode Island.

a city in SW Virginia.

a town in SE Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.

Bristol, Tennessee, and Bristol, Virginia, considered as a unit.

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“I saw a lunatic, simply stated,” the victim, a contractor from nearby Bristol, told police.
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New branches of Sunday Assembly have already been set up in Bristol, England, Melbourne, Australia, and New York City.
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The plague of Lichfield in 1645-46, like that of Bristol, went on during a constant state of military turmoil.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)|Charles Creighton
During his residence in England, he seems to have lived near Bristol and died at Clifton.
The Loyalists of Massachusetts|James H. Stark
Lastly, in Bristol, as indeed without doubt in most places, the cemeteries did not long suffice for the multitude of the dead.
The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9)|Francis Aidan Gasquet
Your Majesty would be in between two great garrisons, Bristol and Portsmouth.
Martin Hyde, The Duke's Messenger|John Masefield
The king assisted to finance the ventures of the Bristol captains, and five of his ships formed part of the little fleet.
Pioneers in Canada|Sir Harry Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for bristol

Bristol

/ (ˈbrɪstəl) /

noun

City of Bristol a port and industrial city in SW England, mainly in Bristol unitary authority, on the River Avon seven miles from its mouth on the Bristol Channel: a major port, trading with America, in the 17th and 18th centuries; the modern port consists chiefly of docks at Avonmouth and Portishead; noted for the Clifton Suspension Bridge (designed by I. K. Brunel, 1834) over the Avon gorge; Bristol university (1909) and University of the West of England (1992). Pop: 420 556 (2001)

City of Bristol a unitary authority in SW England, created in 1996 from part of Avon county. Pop: 391 500 (2003 est). Area: 110 sq km (42 sq miles)

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Word Origin and History for bristol

Bristol

City in western England, Middle English Bridgestow, from Old English Brycgstow, literally "assembly place by a bridge" (see bridge (n.) + stow). A local peculiarity of pronunciation adds -l to words ending in vowels. Of a type of pottery, 1776; of a type of glass, 1880. In British slang, "breast," 1961, from Bristol cities, rhyming slang for titties.