BRADSTREET

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• BRADSTREET (noun)
  The noun BRADSTREET has 1 sense:

1. poet in colonial America (born in England) (1612-1672)

  Familiarity information: BRADSTREET used as a noun is very rare.

• BRADSTREET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Poet in colonial America (born in England) (1612-1672)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Anne Bradstreet; Anne Dudley Bradstreet; Bradstreet

Instance hypernyms:

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

 Context examples 

Bradstreet had spread an ordnance map of the county out upon the seat and was busy with his compasses drawing a circle with Eyford for its centre.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Dun and Bradstreet D-U-N-S Number is a non-indicative, nine-digit number assigned to each business location in the D&B database having a unique, separate, and distinct operation, and is maintained solely by D&B.

(DUNS Number, NCI Thesaurus)

“Oh, we shall soon clear up all that,” said Bradstreet.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Indeed, it is a likely ruse enough,” observed Bradstreet thoughtfully.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“A house on fire?” asked Bradstreet as the train steamed off again on its way.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There were Sherlock Holmes, the hydraulic engineer, Inspector Bradstreet, of Scotland Yard, a plain-clothes man, and myself.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Inspector Bradstreet, B division, gave evidence as to the arrest of Horner, who struggled frantically, and protested his innocence in the strongest terms.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The police have watched this Lascar, said Inspector Bradstreet, and I can quite understand that he might find it difficult to post a letter unobserved.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“It must stop here, however,” said Bradstreet.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I wish to have a quiet word with you, Bradstreet.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)