bruce

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

noun Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
noun king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329)

From the man's name Bruce.

“I doubt it,” said Bruce. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
Bruce looked at her curiously. — Rilla of Ingleside, L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
I loved Mrs. Bruce’s babe. — Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) Jacobs

David Bruce, Sir David Bruce

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