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Bradbury¹

Where it comes from

From Old English brād (“broad”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

proper noun Bradburys

  1. countable, uncountable A village in Bradbury and the Isle parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3128).
  2. countable, uncountable A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
  3. countable, uncountable A township in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, United States.
  4. countable, uncountable A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia.
  5. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

Bradbury²

Where it comes from

So named as banknotes had the signature of Sir John Bradbury, secretary to the Treasury c.1914.

noun Bradburys

  1. UK, slang A British banknote issued during WW I in denominations of £1 or 10 shillings. "And the contents of my cigarette-case are half a dozen gaspers, and a ten-bob Bradbury patched together with stamp paper!"

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Closest in meaning: bai, belarus, white, pak, paik, baek, paek, aedes, pai, bradfield, burnham, warburton, barsham, brunton, barrington, bordley

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"Bradbury." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bradbury. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Bradbury. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bradbury

Chicago

"Bradbury." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bradbury.

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@misc{bradbury_2026,
  title = {Bradbury},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bradbury},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}