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bruce

/bɹuːs/

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Northern Ireland/ˈbɹʉs/

bruce noun: a man.

Noun (1)

bruce (plural bruces)

  1. (Australian, slang) A man.
    • See Thesaurus:man

Proper noun capitalized: Bruce

Bruce

  1. A Scottish surname, most notably of Robert the Bruce.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
  4. A town and locality north of Adelaide, South Australia.
  5. A hamlet in Beaver County, Alberta, Canada.
  6. A former town in Rock County, Minnesota.
  7. A town in Calhoun County, Mississippi.
  8. A minor city in Brookings County, South Dakota.
  9. An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia.
  10. A village in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
  11. Some townships, in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan (2), Minnesota, and North Carolina (2), listed under Bruce Township.

Noun (2) capitalized: BRUCE

BRUCE (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym, uncommon, human resources) Acronym of behaviors and talk, remembering, understanding, communicating, and evaluating.

bruce meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

bruce in Hindi

ब्रूस

bruce in Tamil

புருஸ்

bruce in Marathi

ब्रूस

bruce in Urdu

بروس
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bruce in Bengali
ব্রুস
bruce in Punjabi
ਬਰੂਸ
bruce in Gujarati
બ્રુસ, બ્રૂસ
bruce in Odia
ବ୍ରୁସ୍
bruce in Nepali
ब्रुस, ब्रूस

Forms of bruce

pluralbruces

Origin of bruce

From the man's name Bruce.

From a Norman place name, Brix, of disputed meaning.

Words formed from bruce

Phrases with bruce

Words that rhyme with bruce

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Questions about bruce

What does bruce mean?
Bruce means a man.
What is bruce in Hindi?
Bruce in Hindi is ब्रूस. See Bruce meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is bruce?
Bruce can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce bruce?
Bruce is pronounced /bɹuːs/.
What is the plural of bruce?
The plural of bruce is bruces.

Words near bruce in the dictionary

  1. brubrus
  2. Brucato
  3. Brucatos
  4. Bruccoli
  5. Bruccolis
  6. bruce
  7. Bruce County
  8. Bruce effect
  9. Bruce effects
  10. Bruce Peninsula
  11. bruceantin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bruce (page history and authors); Bruce (page history and authors); BRUCE (page history and authors); bruce (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bruce (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bruce (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bruce (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bruce (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bruce (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bruce (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bruce (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bruce (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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