Brooke
Americannoun
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Sir James, 1803–68, British soldier and adventurer: rajah of Sarawak.
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Rupert, 1887–1915, English poet.
noun
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Alan Francis See Alanbrooke
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Sir James . 1803–68, British soldier; first rajah of Sarawak (1841–63)
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Rupert ( Chawner ). 1887–1915, British lyric poet, noted for his idealistic war poetry, which made him a national hero
Example Sentences
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She was transported to Brooke Army Medical Center, where she died the next day.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026
Canada's Brooke Henderson was third on 209 after completing a third-round 66 on Saturday.
From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026
Among many, many other parts, she played a teenaged Brooke Shields singing Devo’s “Whip It!,”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
As Brooke Allen laments in “Good Bones,” we are becoming a postliterate society.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Nothing she could say mattered if Brooke was determined to make trouble.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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