Definitions for Bruce
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1. Bruce, David Bruce, Sir David Brucenoun

   Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)

2. Bruce, Robert the Bruce, Robert Inoun

   king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329)

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1. Brucenoun

   A Scottish surname, most notably of Robert the Bruce.

   Etymology: From Bruce.

2. Brucenoun

   transferred from the surname.

   Etymology: From Bruce.

3. brucenoun

   A man.

   See wikiSaurus:man

   Etymology: From Bruce.

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1. Bruce

   Bruce was a provincial electoral district in western Ontario, Canada. It elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The riding existed from 1934 to 1967 and again from 1987 to 1999. The riding was abolished in 1999 into Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound and Huron—Bruce. It consisted of the entirety of Bruce County.

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1. Bruce

   a family illustrious in Scottish history, descended from a Norman knight, Robert de Bruis, who came over with the Conqueror, and who acquired lands first in Northumberland and then in Annandale.

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1. • Bacteriologist
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British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Bruce' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4511

Anagrams for Bruce »

1. cuber

How to pronounce Bruce?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Bruce in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Bruce in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Bruce in a Sentence

1. Edward Martell:

   Judge Bruce Morrow cracked that door open for me and pointed me in the right direction but Judge Bruce Morrow never left me, i felt like I was Edward Martell and Judge Bruce Morrow was proud of me. It was everything I dreamed of.

2. Brian Moynihan:

   When I became CEO, I asked Bruce Thompson to step away from 15 years leading client businesses and help rebuild our company.

3. John McNerney:

   My two rock idols are Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen. Not just because they are from Jersey, but, because they conduct themselves with humility and give a lot back to the public and their respective communities. And, the fact they both ended up marrying someone that "knew them when" is something I admire and hope to have with Tina (Rinaldi) one day.

4. Bruce Dern:

   They say you never really get to meet your heroes. I say if you're really blessed they get to be your parents, i share this with my acting heroes, Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern. You got game. I love you.

5. Bruce Willis:

   I would get Bruce Willis into a situation and at some point I had learned that if someone wants, values me sexually, or I feel like they desire me, then they are entitled to me, when I was like 14, because I was so shamed like when all those blogs came out about how I looked, how my face looked, then my idea was that,' Oh, well then, if I'm desired sexually, then I have value.'.

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