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

2 senses of bruce

Sense 1
Bruce, David Bruce, Sir David Bruce -- (Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931))
       INSTANCE OF=> doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico -- (a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor")
       INSTANCE OF=> bacteriologist -- (a biologist who studies bacteria)

Sense 2
Bruce, Robert the Bruce, Robert I -- (king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329))
       INSTANCE OF=> king, male monarch, Rex -- (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)