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Bailey

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Etymology

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See bailey (outer castle wall)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Bailey

  1. An English surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn originating as an occupation] for a steward or official.
  2. An English topographic surname from someone who lived by a bailey (the outer wall of a castle).
  3. An Irish surname originating as an occupation, an anglicization of Báille (bailie).
  4. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  5. (chiefly US) A female given name transferred from the surname.
  6. A sea area, to the north of Rockall, centred on the former Bill Bailey Bank (now Rockall Basin).
  7. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado.
    2. An unincorporated community in Sherburne County, Minnesota.
    3. An unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
    4. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri; named for early settler John Martin Bailey.
    5. A ghost town in Grady County, Oklahoma.
    6. A minor city in Fannin County, Texas.

Quotations

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  • 2024 July 25, Kara Scannell, “Judge who ordered Trump to pay $454 million says he was ‘accosted’ by lawyer and won’t recuse himself from case”, in CNN[1]:
    “I did not initiate, welcome, encourage, engage in, or learn from much less enjoy, [Adam] Bailey’s tirade. I did not base any part of any of my rulings on it, as Bailey has outlandishly, mistakenly, and defamatorily claimed,” Engoron wrote.

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Noun

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Bailey (plural Baileys)

  1. An apple cultivar from New York