Definitions for Bruce
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1. Bruce, David Bruce, Sir David Bruce(noun)

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

2. Bruce, Robert the Bruce, Robert I(noun)

   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. Bruce(ProperNoun)

   A Scottish surname, most notably of Robert the Bruce.

   Etymology: From Bruce.

2. Bruce(ProperNoun)

   transferred from the surname.

   Etymology: From Bruce.

3. bruce(Noun)

   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.

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?

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   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. Chris VanDeHoef:

   We have voluntarily chosen to take down any inventory listed on our site for Bruce Springsteen concerts in New York until the public sale this Friday and urge any other sites that have them listed now to do the same.

2. The New York Times:

   Bruce just isn't a man with a double life, but a character shaped with love and exasperation, recrimination and guilt by Alison's recollection of him.

3. Joe Willock:

   I’m an Arsenal player so it does makes it a bit sweeter, (Manager Steve Bruce) told me to come on, run around and get in the box to try and score goals. I’m happy I was able to do that.

4. Sarah Paulson:

   I love his [ M. Night Shyamalan ] movies. I've always loved his movies. I remember where I was when I saw' Sixth Sense,'' Unbreakable' and' Signs' and what I did after. i just remember so many points in my own personal history that are associated with seeing movies of Bruce Willis.

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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