Bailey
proper nounnouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈbeɪli//
A surname.
proper noun
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A surname.
“I did not initiate, welcome, encourage, engage in, or learn from much less enjoy, [Adam] Bailey’s tirade. I did not base any part of any of my rulings on it, as Bailey has outlandishly, mistakenly, and defamatorily claimed,” Engoron wrote.
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A surname. An English surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn originating as an occupation] for a steward or official.
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A surname. An English topographic surname from someone who lived by a bailey (the outer wall of a castle).
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A surname. An Irish surname originating as an occupation, an anglicization of Báille (“bailie”).
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A unisex given name A male given name transferred from the surname.
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A unisex given name A female given name transferred from the surname.
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A placename A sea area, to the north of Rockall, centred on the former Bill Bailey Bank (now Rockall Basin), located in the Atlantic.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Sherburne County, Minnesota.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri; named for early settler John Martin Bailey.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: A town in Nash County, North Carolina.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Grady County, Oklahoma.
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A placename A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Fannin County, Texas.
Etymology
(English topographic surname): See bailey (“outer castle wall”)
noun
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An apple cultivar from New York
Forms
- plural
- Baileys