bailey
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- The outer wall of a feudal castle.
- The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
- A prison or court of justice.
- An argument which is controversial and more difficult to defend (in the context of a motte and bailey fallacy).
- An apple cultivar from New York
Proper noun
- A surname.
- A surname: An English surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn originating as an occupation] for a steward or official.
- A surname: An English topographic surname from someone who lived by a bailey (the outer wall of a castle).
- A surname: An Irish surname originating as an occupation, an anglicization of Báille (“bailie”).
- A unisex given name: A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A unisex given name: A female given name transferred from the surname.
- A placename: A sea area, to the north of Rockall, centred on the former Bill Bailey Bank (now Rockall Basin), located in the Atlantic.
- A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado.
- A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Sherburne County, Minnesota.
- A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
- A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri; named for early settler John Martin Bailey.
- A number of places in the United States: A town in Nash County, North Carolina.
- A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Grady County, Oklahoma.
- A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Fannin County, Texas.
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