Definitions for Bradley
ˈbræd libradley

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bradley, Thomas Bradley, Tom Bradleynoun

   United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998)

2. Bradley, Omar Bradley, Omar Nelson Bradleynoun

   United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981)

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1. Bradleynoun

   transferred from the surname.

2. Etymology: Places in England, from brad "broad" + leah "meadow".

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1. Bradley

   Bradley is an English surname derived from a place name meaning "broad wood" or "broad meadow" in Old English.Like many English surnames Bradley can also be used as a given name and as such has become popular. It is also an Anglicisation of the Irish name Ó Brolacháin (also O’Brallaghan) from County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. The family moved and spread to counties Londonderry, Donegal and Cork, and England.

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1. bradley

   Bradley is primarily a common masculine name, often used as both a surname and given name. It originates from an English surname derived from a place name meaning "broad wood" or "broad meadow" in Old English. It could also refer to several places in the US, UK, and Canada, as well as various institutions, organizations, or products such as the Bradley University or Bradley fighting vehicle. The specific reference of "Bradley" would depend on the context.

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1. Bradley

   Bradley is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,784 at the 2000 census, and 15,070 in 2009. Bradley is a principal city of the Kankakee–Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Kankakee County. The county is also part of the larger Chicago–Naperville–Michigan City, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area.

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1. BRADLEY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bradley is ranked #208 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Bradley surname appeared 136,720 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 46 would have the surname Bradley.
   
   69.1% or 94,501 total occurrences were White.
   25% or 34,303 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 3,199 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.1% or 2,994 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 1,121 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 602 total occurrences were Asian.

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How to pronounce Bradley?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Bradley in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Bradley in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Bradley in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Bradley in a Sentence

1. Omar Bradley:

   Wilkie also served in the Pentagon under Donald Rumsfeld, worked for Condoleezza Rice and had years of experience on Capitol Hill working for Sens. Thom Tillis and Trent Lott. In his new office, Wilkie now hangs a portrait of Gen. Omar Bradley, the first secretary of Veterans Affairs after World War II, and has chosen Bradley's desk as his own. Omar Bradley was tasked with changing VA to accommodate 11 million soldiers coming off active duty and into Veterans Affairs ranks, he was really a visionary.

2. Ben Hodges:

   By the end of ... 2015, we will have gotten all the equipment for a heavy brigade, that means three battalions plus a reconnaissance squadron, the artillery headquarters, engineers, and it will stay in Europe, you are talking about 150-ish, maybe 160 M1 tanks, M2 Bradley fighting vehicles, 24 self-propelled howitzers.

3. Kimberly Robinson:

   Milliken v. Bradley was the most devastating desegregation decision in the history of the United States Courts.

4. Ashley Givens:

   The two efforts are interrelated. First, if the Army goes to war tonight or any time in the next 10 years, Bradleys will still make up the majority of the force…so the Army must invest at some level in Bradley for some period of time until NGCV is ready to enter production, the NGCV must be significantly better than today’s Bradley, or it begs the question ‘why are we doing this?’.

5. Lady Gaga:

   I've confided in Bradley for years and I've always appreciated his support and his advice and his thoughts on my future endeavors.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Bradley
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bradley
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Bradley
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html