Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bailey

4 senses of bailey

Sense 1
Bailey, Pearl Bailey, Pearl Mae Bailey -- (United States singer (1918-1990))
       INSTANCE OF=> singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser -- (a person who sings)

Sense 2
Bailey, Nathan Bailey, Nathaniel Bailey -- (English lexicographer who was the first to treat etymology consistently; his work was used as a reference by Samuel Johnson (died in 1742))
       INSTANCE OF=> lexicographer, lexicologist -- (a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language)

Sense 3
bailey -- (the outer courtyard of a castle)
       => court, courtyard -- (an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court")

Sense 4
bailey -- (the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle)
       => rampart, bulwark, wall -- (an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down")