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Noun: Bruce  broos
  1. King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329)
    - Robert the Bruce, Robert I
     
  2. Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
    - David Bruce, Sir David Bruce

Type of: bacteriologist, doc [informal], doctor, Dr., king, male monarch, MD, medico [informal], physician, Rex, sawbones [informal]

Encyclopedia: Bruce, Paul