Meaning of Brock | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An English and Scottish surname from Middle English, a variant of Brook, or originally a nickname for someone thought to resemble a badger (Middle English broc(k)).
2. A male badger.
   UK
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A brocket, a stag between two and three years old.
   archaic, obsolete, possibly
5. A small village in Myerscough and Bilsborrow parish, Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5140).
6. A dirty, stinking fellow.
   obsolete
7. A river in Lancashire which flows through the village to the River Wyre.
8. An unincorporated community in Scotland County, Missouri, United States.
9. A village in Nemaha County, Nebraska, United States.
10. An unincorporated community in Darke County, Ohio, United States.
11. A town in Parker County, Texas, United States.
12. A township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.
13. A village in the Rural Municipality of Kindersley No. 290, Saskatchewan, Canada.
14. A rural municipality (Rural Municipality of Brock No. 64) in Saskatchewan.
15. A river in Quebec, Canada, a tributary of the Chibougamau River.

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Examples

“"I suppose you," she said, "were named for General Clive." "I was. And my father was named for General Brock." "General Brock?" she asked, mystified. "General Isaac Brock, you know. The Battle of Queenston Heights, where we defeated the Americans." Her puzzled expression showed that she had not heard of the occasion. Young Busby was shocked.”

“Or with pretence of chasing thence the brock, Send in a cur to worry the whole flock.”

“By sportsmen the stag is called, the first year, a calf or hind-calf ; the second year, a knobber ; the third, a brock ; the fourth, a staggard ; the fifth, a stag ; the sixth, a hart.”

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