Bailey

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Etymology

See bailey (“outer castle wall”)

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Bailey

  1. An English surname from Anglo-Norman 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.

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Noun

Bailey (plural Baileys)

  1. An apple cultivar from New York
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