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English noun: Bruce

1. Bruce (person) Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)


SynonymsDavid Bruce, Sir David Bruce


Instance hypernymbacteriologist, doc, doctor, Dr., MD, medico, physician

2. Bruce (person) king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329)


SynonymsRobert I, Robert the Bruce


Instance hypernymking, male monarch, Rex









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