Definition of Bradley

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

Exact synonyms: Thomas Bradley, Tom Bradley
Generic synonyms: Pol, Political Leader, Politician, Politico

2. Noun. United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981).
Exact synonyms: Omar Bradley, Omar Nelson Bradley
Generic synonyms: Full General, General

Definition of Bradley

1. Proper noun. (surname habitational from=Old English) ¹

2. Proper noun. (surnames male given name) transferred from the surname. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bradley

Brachychiton australis
Brachychiton populneus
Brachychiton rupestris
Brachycome
Brachycome Iberidifolia
Brachydanio rerio
Brachystegia
Brachystegia speciformis
Brad
Bradbury
Braden
Bradford
Bradford frame
Bradford method
Bradlee
Bradley (current term)
Bradley's spleenwort
Bradley method
Bradley method of childbirth
Bradly
Bradman
Bradshaw
Bradshaws
Bradstreet
Brady
Brady's reagent
Brady Bunch
Brady Bunches
Bradypodidae
Bradypus

Literary usage of Bradley

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1901)
"Bradley had the greatest difficulty in finding a publisher, but part i. was eventually ... The total amount that Bradley received for his work was 350/. ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1860)
"U That the said Susannah Bradley, when she came of age. knowing that her Father had always considered time said Observations as his Sole Right and Property, ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"M | receiver of the rents of the mortgaged property, Bradley and Shepherd, with the consent of Shepherd's trustees, had pledged the rents of the property as ..."

4. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1871)
"During part of the time covered by his observations, Mr. Bradley had charge of the ... In the following pages, auroras reported by Mr. Bradley are numbered, ..."

5. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1901)
"Pilgrim Pr. Bradley, Rev. Jos. H: The love of God revealed to the entire universe by ... Bradley. M. Bradshaw. Sidney Ernest. On southern poetry prior to ..."

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