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bradford

/ˈbɹædfɚd/

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What does bradford mean?

noun

  1. A shaken martini.

proper noun

  1. A city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire.
  2. A hamlet in Blisland parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX1175).
More meanings (31)

proper noun

  1. A settlement in Youlgreave parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2164).
  2. A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS4207).
  3. An area of Manchester, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ8698).
  4. A small village in Adderstone with Lucker parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU1532).
  5. An urban area in the town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada.
  6. A suburb in the Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
  7. A locality in the Shire of Mount Alexander, central Victoria, Australia.
  8. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama.
  9. A small city in White County, Arkansas.
  10. A village in Stark County, Illinois.
  11. An unincorporated community in Morgan Township, Harrison County, Indiana.
  12. An unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Iowa.
  13. A census-designated place in Franklin County, Iowa.
  14. An unincorporated community in Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
  15. An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky.
  16. A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
  17. A village and former town in Essex County, Massachusetts.
  18. A township in Isanti County, Minnesota.
  19. A township in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
  20. A town and census-designated place therein, in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
  21. A town in Steuben County, New York.
  22. A village in Darke County and Miami County, Ohio.
  23. A township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
  24. A city and township in McKean County, Pennsylvania.
  25. A census-designated place in Washington County, Rhode Island.
  26. A town in Gibson County, Tennessee.
  27. An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Texas.
  28. A town in Orange County, Vermont.
  29. A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.
  30. A habitational surname from Old English.
  31. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
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Then I made myself as tidy as I could, and went to Andrew Bradford the printer's.
Benjamin FranklinThe Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinProject Gutenberg ebook #148
"We have no birds," says Bradford Torrey, "so unsparing of their music: they sing from morning till night."
Neltje BlanchanBird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifty Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our HomesProject Gutenberg ebook #1889
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Bradford, and not Babylon, was his earliest home, and he must be candidly acknowledged to be a very modern manufactured variety of the dog.
Robert LeightonDogs and All about ThemProject Gutenberg ebook #10991
Speaking for Bradford, England, Dr. Helen U. Campbell touches another significant and interesting point usually neglected by the advocates of mothers' pensions, milk-stations, and maternity-education programs.
Margaret SangerThe Pivot of CivilizationProject Gutenberg ebook #1689
Mr. Jackson eventually settled as a professor of music at Bradford, where he contributed in no small degree to the cultivation of the musical taste of that town and its neighbourhood.
Samuel SmilesSelf Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and PerseveranceProject Gutenberg ebook #935