Bruce (n.)

  1. Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)

    [ Syn: bruce , david bruce , sir david bruce ]

  2. king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329)

    [ Syn: bruce , robert the bruce , robert i ]

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