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Broad Group, a manufacturing company based in Changsha; Broad (British coin), an English gold coin minted under the Commonwealth; Broad Institute, a genomic research institute; an 18th-century slang term for a playing card; The Broad, a modern art museum in Los Angeles, California; The Broad (folk custom), a hooded-animal tradition in the ...
The word "broadcloth" was originally used just as an antonym to "narrow cloth", but later came to mean a particular type of cloth. [3] The 1909 Webster's dictionary (as reprinted in 1913) defines broadcloth as "A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half [140 cm]);—so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words.
Broad wife: Also broad husband; spouse of an enslaved person who lived on another plantation or in another settlement. [2] Buck: Male enslaved person, usually of reproductive age and often with a sexually suggestive connotation. [3] Coastwise: Transportation of enslaved people by ocean-going ship between the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. [4]
Sheng nu: A derogatory Chinese slang term loosely translating to "leftover women", used to describe unmarried older women.(see "Spinster" below) Silver fox: A sexually-attractive or promiscuous older person, typically a woman. (see "cougar" above) Spinster: A woman who, in her own culture, is single beyond the age at which most people get married.
Supreme Court judges have retired to consider their ruling on a long-running legal battle over the definition of a woman in Holyrood legislation. It is the final stage in a case between the ...
Judges at the Supreme Court are to consider how women are defined in law in a landmark case brought by Scottish campaigners. It is the culmination of a long-running legal dispute which started ...
Bradley is an English given name derived from a placename meaning "broad wood" or "broad meadow" in Old English. The given name Brad is often a diminutive of Bradley. Like many English given names, Bradley can also be used as a surname. Notable people with the given name include: Bradley Ally (born 1986), three-time Olympic swimmer from Barbados