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Broadmoor

Broadmoor proper noun: a census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.

Proper noun

Broadmoor

  1. A census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.
  2. A high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England.
    • Unusually for a Broadmoor patient, he traveled with another patient being transferred from the same prison, a gentleman called Edmund Dainty, who had killed a fellow patient in the Surrey Asylum.2012, Terry Trainor, Bedlam. St. Mary of Bethlehem

Origin of Broadmoor

From broad + moor.

Questions about Broadmoor

What does Broadmoor mean?
Broadmoor means a census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.
What part of speech is Broadmoor?
Broadmoor is a proper noun.

Words near Broadmoor in the dictionary

  1. Broadmeadow
  2. Broadmeadows
  3. broadminded
  4. broadmindedly
  5. broadmindedness
  6. Broadmoor
  7. broadmouth
  8. broadmouths
  9. Broadnax
  10. Broadnaxes
  11. broadness

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