Bailey — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. A surname.

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   “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.

2. A surname. An English surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn originating as an occupation] for a steward or official.

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3. A surname. An English topographic surname from someone who lived by a bailey (the outer wall of a castle).

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4. A surname. An Irish surname originating as an occupation, an anglicization of Báille (“bailie”).

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5. A unisex given name A male given name transferred from the surname.

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6. A unisex given name A female given name transferred from the surname.

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7. 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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8. A placename A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado.

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9. A placename A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Sherburne County, Minnesota.

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10. A placename A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi.

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11. 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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12. A placename A number of places in the United States: A town in Nash County, North Carolina.

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13. A placename A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Grady County, Oklahoma.

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14. A placename A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Fannin County, Texas.

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Noun

1. An apple cultivar from New York