Definitions for Bobby

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Bobby bob·by

Spelling: [bob-ee]

IPA: /ˈbɒb i/

Bobby is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 17 anagrams from letters in Bobby (bbboy).

Definitions for Bobby

noun

1. a policeman.
2. a male given name, form of Robert.
3. a female given name.
4. Cordell [kawr-del,, kawr-del] /ˈkɔr dɛl,, kɔrˈdɛl/ (Show IPA), 1871–1955, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1933–44; Nobel Peace Prize 1945.
5. Robert Marvin ("Bobby") born 1939, Canadian ice-hockey player.
6. William, 1753–1825, U.S. general.
7. Official name Kingston-upon-Hull. a seaport in Humberside, in E England, on the Humber River.
8. a city in SE Canada, on the Ottawa River opposite Ottawa.
9. Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
10. Casey [key-see] /ˈkeɪ si/ (Show IPA), (John Luther Jones) 1864–1900, U.S. locomotive engineer: folk hero of ballads, stories, and plays.
11. Chuck (Charles Martin Jones) 1912–2002, U.S. film animator.
12. Daniel, 1881–1967, English phonetician.
13. Ernest, 1879–1958, Welsh psychoanalyst.
14. (Everett) LeRoi [luh-roi,, lee-roi] /ləˈrɔɪ,, ˈli rɔɪ/ (Show IPA) original name of Imamu Amiri Baraka.
15. Henry Arthur, 1851–1929, English dramatist.
16. Howard Mumford [muhm-ferd] /ˈmʌm fərd/ (Show IPA), 1892–1980, U.S. educator and critic.
17. Inigo [in-i-goh] /ˈɪn ɪˌgoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1573–1652, English architect.
18. John Luther ("Casey") 1864–1900, legendary U.S. locomotive engineer, raised in Cayce, Ky.
19. John Paul (John Paul) 1747–92, American naval commander in the Revolutionary War, born in Scotland.
20. John Winston [win-stuh n] /ˈwɪn stən/ (Show IPA), 1791–1848, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1843–45.
21. Mary Harris ("Mother Jones") 1830–1930, U.S. labor leader, born in Ireland.
22. Quincy (Delight) ("Q") born 1933, U.S. jazz musician, film composer and producer.
23. Robert Edmond, 1887–1954, U.S. set designer.
24. Robert Tyre [tahyuh r] /taɪər/ (Show IPA), ("Bobby") 1902–71, U.S. golfer.
25. Rufus Matthew, 1863–1948, U.S. Quaker, teacher, author, and humanitarian.
26. Sir William, 1746–94, English jurist, linguist, and Sanskrit scholar.
27. Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
28. Robert Gordon ("Bobby") born 1948, Canadian ice-hockey player.
29. Edwin, 1886–1960, Swiss pianist.
30. Emil [ey-mil] /ˈeɪ mɪl/ (Show IPA), 1852–1919, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1902.
31. Ernst Otto, 1918–2007, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1973.
32. Hans [hahns] /hɑns/ (Show IPA), 1881–1945, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1930.
33. Robert James ("Bobby") 1943–2008, U.S. chess player.

Origin of Bobby

1835-45; special use of Bobby, for Sir Robert Peel, who set up the Metropolitan Police system of London in 1828

Examples for Bobby

It's a hundred years since I saw you, bobby, and at least a million since I saw your friend.

bobby was not looking into the glass, but into her beautiful face.

Within a few summer weeks, “Hot N—” had become an inescapable pop-culture phenomenon and bobby landed a major record deal.

Brooklyn musician bobby Shmurda, whose ‘Shmoney Dance’ went viral, was arrested today on ‘gang conspiracy’ charges, police said.

In a quiet, unobtrusive way bobby was rather proud of himself.

That Huckabee is mentioned in the same sentence with other aspiring conservative governors, especially bobby Jindal, is laughable.

I personally knew of fights that went on between bobby and Robyn during that time.

There was a special reason why bobby felt relieved to get to U.

When he tried the knocker, a bobby came along and stopped him.

Before bobby Brown, Whitney Houston was in a rumored relationship with friend Robyn Crawford.