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?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say Bruce in sign language?

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. George Tsunis:

   We are asking and Bruce Hunter's saying,' I'm not even going to contemplate that till after the midterms,' i would be very excited for the country if Bruce Hunter were to do that. I think Bruce Hunter's very, very capable.

2. Stephanie Reeder:

   It's very hard to see people commenting that I am damaging or confusing Bruce, if they only knew! He's such an amazing kid, I have zero concerns that what they say is true. However, it's still not easy to read.

3. Joe Grushecky:

   I had this song, and Bruce and I had been talking, i sent it to him and he liked it. I said, 'What do you think about singing on it?' He gave it the Bruce treatment.

4. Jackie Stewart:

   She could take down 26 racing cars on the same track at the same time on one single stopwatch. As did Betty Hill, Pat Surtees, Bruce McLaren’s wife, Jochen Rindt’s Bruce McLaren wife, it was Nora Tyrrell and Helen Stewart timing for the whole team, but at the same time in the race doing a lap chart for 26 cars. Here’s the sharpness, a laser brain... and then suddenly not remembering the most simple thing.

5. 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.

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