Dudley

[ duhd-lee ]

noun

1. Robert, 1st Earl of Leicester, 1532?–88, British statesman and favorite of Queen Elizabeth.
2. Thomas, 1576–1653, English governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1634–35, 1640–41, 1645–46, 1650–51.
3. a borough in West Midlands, central England, near Birmingham.
4. a male given name: from an Old English placename meaning “dry field.”

Dudley

¹

/ ˈdʌdlɪ /

noun

1. a town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands: wrought-iron industry. Pop: 194 919 (2001)
2. a unitary authority in W central England, in West Midlands. Pop: 304 800 (2003 est). Area: 98 sq km (38 sq miles)

Dudley

²

/ ˈdʌdlɪ /

noun

1. Robert. See (Earl of) Leicester

Example Sentences

All six councils - Dudley, Sandwell, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall and Nuneaton and Bedworth - told the BBC they they had not started any projects, but some had received a bit of money to set up town boards.

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Peaky Blinders’ six-series-run on TV was shot at locations across the UK, including the Black Country Living Museum, in Dudley.

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Dance teacher Kerri Dunn, from Dudley, said she worked with Liam during a stage school named Pink Productions and supported him when he went onto X Factor.

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The programme, aimed at pupils in Year 5 and 6, offers lessons in and out of the water in Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

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Aayaan Jafferi, an 18-year-old Conservative-leaning student from Dudley, argues that unlike other countries "the right in the UK can't communicate properly with the young".

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