Antonyms for
bailey
The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
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No Antonyms Found for Bailey

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All Definitions for Bailey

Below are all the dictionary definitions of bailey:

1The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
2The outer wall of a feudal castle.
3A prison or court of justice.
4An argument which is controversial and more difficult to defend (in the context of a motte and bailey fallacy).
5A unisex given name
6A surname.
7An English surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn originating as an occupation] for a steward or official.
8An Irish surname originating as an occupation, an anglicization of Báille (“bailie”).
9An English topographic surname from someone who lived by a bailey (the outer wall of a castle).
10A placename
11A sea area, to the north of Rockall, centred on the former Bill Bailey Bank (now Rockall Basin), located in the Atlantic.
12A number of places in the United States:
13An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado.
14An unincorporated community in Sherburne County, Minnesota.
15An unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
16An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri
17Amed for early settler John Martin Bailey.
18A town in Nash County, North Carolina.
19A ghost town in Grady County, Oklahoma.
20A minor city in Fannin County, Texas.
21An apple cultivar from New York
22A male given name transferred from the surname.
23A female given name transferred from the surname.

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