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Bailey
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bailey
English
Etymology
English topographic surname en surnames from Old French See en bailey outer castle wall
Pronunciation
en /ˈbeɪli/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bailey.wav Southern England
en eɪli 2
Proper noun
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en countable en.
en Kara Scannell Judge who ordered Trump to pay $454 million says he was ‘accosted’ by lawyer and won’t recuse himself from case w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/25/politics/engoron-recusal-response-trump-civil-case/index.html 2024-07-25 “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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250611162528/https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/25/politics/engoron-recusal-response-trump-civil-case/index.html 11 June 2025
en English Anglo-Norman < occupations for a steward or official.
en English topographic from someone who lived by a bailey (the outer wall of a castle).
en Irish occupations, an anglicization of ga Báille bailie.
en countable en unisex
en male surnames.
en chiefly US en female surnames.
A placename
en A <<sea area>>, to the north of <<r/Rockall>>, centred on the former <<r/Bill Bailey Bank>> (now <<r/Rockall Basin>>), located in the <<ocean/Atlantic>>.
en number of places c/USA:
en ucomm co/Park County s/Colorado.
en ucomm co/Sherburne County s/Minnesota.
en ucomm co/Lauderdale County s/Mississippi.
en ucomm co/Jefferson County s/Missouri ; named for early settler John Martin Bailey.
en town co/Nash County s/North Carolina.
en ghost town co/Grady County s/Oklahoma.
en minor city co/Fannin County s/Texas.
Alternative forms
surname en Bailie Baily Bayly Bayley
female given name en Bailee Baylee
Derived terms
en Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley Baileyan Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula Bailey bridge Bailey County Bailey Island Old Bailey
Translations
family or given name
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 贝利, cmn 貝利 bèilì
Hebrew: he ביילי béili
Polish: pl Bailey m-pr f
Noun
en Apple cultivars An apple cultivar from New York