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BAILEY

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• BAILEY (noun)
The noun BAILEY has 4 senses:

1. United States singer (1918-1990)
2. English lexicographer who was the first to treat etymology consistently; his work was used as a reference by Samuel Johnson (died in 1742)
3. the outer courtyard of a castle
4. the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle

Familiarity information: BAILEY used as a noun is uncommon.

• BAILEY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

United States singer (1918-1990)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bailey; Pearl Bailey; Pearl Mae Bailey

Instance hypernyms:

singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

English lexicographer who was the first to treat etymology consistently; his work was used as a reference by Samuel Johnson (died in 1742)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Nathan Bailey; Nathaniel Bailey; Bailey

Instance hypernyms:

lexicographer; lexicologist (a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

The outer courtyard of a castle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bailey" is a kind of...):

court; courtyard (an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings)

Sense 4

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Meaning:

The outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bailey" is a kind of...):

bulwark; rampart; wall (an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes)

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(English proverb)
"Many have fallen with the bottle in their hand."
(Native American proverb, Lakota)
"Only three things in life are certain birth, death and change."
(Arabic proverb)
"If someone isn't handsome by nature, it's useless for them to wash over and over again."
(Corsican proverb)

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