Bradford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹædfəɹd/
ipa: /ˈbɹadfəɹd/
ipa: /ˈbɹædfɚd/
Etymology: * Various place names in England, from Old English brād (“broad”) + ford (“ford”).
* (shaken martini)
Senses: glosses: A number of places in England:
A city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire.
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Blisland parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX1175).
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A settlement in Youlgreave parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2164).
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A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS4207).
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An area of Manchester, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ8698).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A small village in Adderstone with Lucker parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU1532).
glosses: An urban area in the town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A suburb in the Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
glosses: A large number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama.
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A small city in White County, Arkansas.
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A village in Stark County, Illinois.
glosses: A large number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Morgan Township, Harrison County, Indiana.
glosses: A large number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Iowa.
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A census-designated place in Franklin County, Iowa.
glosses: A large number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
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An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky.
glosses: A large number of places in the United States:
A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
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A village and former town in Essex County, Massachusetts.
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A township in Isanti County, Minnesota.
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A township in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
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A town and census-designated place therein, in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A large number of places in the United States:
A town in Steuben County, New York.
glosses: A large number of places in the United States:
A village in Darke County and Miami County, Ohio.
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A township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A large number of places in the United States:
A city and township in McKean County, Pennsylvania.
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A census-designated place in Washington County, Rhode Island.
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A town in Gibson County, Tennessee.
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An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Texas.
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A town in Orange County, Vermont.
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A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
examples: text: "Bradford? I didn't know you called him Bradford." "That's just one more thing you don't know about me. I call him Bradford because it makes me feel like I'm in a soap opera. That's what they name men on soap operas. Bradford and Desmond and Elliott and Royce. - - -
ref: 1988, K. C. Constantine, Joey's Case, →ISBN, page 132:
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
Derived terms: Bradford Abbas
Bradford County
Bradford Hill criteria
Bradfordian
Bradford-on-Avon
Bradford-on-Tone
Bradford pear
Bradford Peverell
Bradford system
Bradford West Gwillimbury