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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A borough of south-central England on the Ouse River west of Cambridge. It was the site of a Saxon victory over the Britons in 571.

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  • proper noun The county town of Bedfordshire, England
  • proper noun A truck manufactured by the Bedford company, a subsidiary company of Vauxhall Motors.
  • proper noun Extremely affluent Westchester County suburb of New York.

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Examples

  • JOEL SACHS, BEDFORD TOWN ATTORNEY (via telephone): Well, what had happened was we had learned earlier today from the Secret Service that Mr. Gadhafi was planning to locate a tent that would be used as a temporary residence on the Seven Springs property in the town of Bedford.

    CNN Transcript Sep 22, 2009 2009

  • BEDFORD - Bedford may soon feature a second Tax Increment Financing district.

    TMNews.com 2010

  • BEDFORD - U.S. Rep Bob Goodlatte, R-6th, says he has a solution for the controversy over a bust of Joseph Stalin at National D-Day Memorial in Bedford.

    News for Lynchburg News Advance 2010

  • BEDFORD - Bedford may soon feature a second Tax Increment Financing district.

    TMNews.com 2010

  • BEDFORD - Acclaimed artist William T. Wiley left his Bedford home decades ago and found inspiration, and a bit of ...

    HeraldTimesOnline.com 2010

  • BEDFORD - Bedford may soon feature a second Tax Increment Financing district.

    TMNews.com 2010

  • BEDFORD - A Bedford woman is winning her battle to create a life after death.

    KVUE - Home 2010

  • BEDFORD - Bedford may soon feature a second Tax Increment Financing district.

    TMNews.com 2010

  • BEDFORD - Bedford may soon feature a second Tax Increment Financing district.

    TMNews.com 2010

  • George C. Arbuckle July 15, 1933 - June 14, 2010 BEDFORD - George C. (Tim) Arbuckle, 76, of Bedford, passed away at 11: 30 p.m. on Monday at his residence.

    TMNews.com 2010

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