Associations to the word «Bruce»

Wiktionary

BRUCE, proper noun. A Scottish surname, most notably of Robert the Bruce.
BRUCE, proper noun. A male given name transferred from the surname.
BRUCE, noun. (Australian slang) A man.

Dictionary definition

BRUCE, noun. Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931).
BRUCE, 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).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats