Definition & Meaning | English word BRADDOCK

Definitions of BRADDOCK

1. A surname.
2. A village in Cornwall, England.
3. A unincorporated community in Saskatchewan, Canada.
4. A unincorporated community in Camden County, New Jersey.
5. A tiny city and village in Emmons County, North Dakota.
6. A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Examples of Using BRADDOCK in a Sentence

• The film tells the story of 21-year-old Benjamin Braddock, a recent college graduate with no well-defined aim in life who is seduced by an older married woman, Mrs.
• The Braddock Road had been opened by the Ohio Company in 1751 between Fort Cumberland, the limit of navigation on the upper Potomac River, and the French military station at Fort Duquesne at the forks of the Ohio River, (at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers), an important trading and military point where the city of Pittsburgh now stands.
• Vance, a Virginian, had been a member of the regiment commanded by George Washington at the Braddock expedition during the French and Indian War.
• The picturesque view of the city of Frederick from Old Braddock, also known as "Fairview", elevation , was the inspiration for Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
• Grantsville, half a mile west of the Casselman River, began as a small Amish and Mennonite settlement, called Tomlinson's or Little Crossing, along Braddock Road, which wound westward from Cumberland over Negro Mountain.
• The inn itself is a footnote in history, hosting the army of General Edward Braddock during the French and Indian War, serving as a meeting place for local Sons of Liberty in the years before the American Revolution, and possibly serving dinner to President Andrew Jackson on his way to his inauguration.
• On May 1, 1755, the road was used by Major general Edward Braddock, colonial governor Horatio Sharpe and several of Braddock's staff officers to reach Winchester, Virginia, while his 48th regiment took a longer route via today's Williamsport, Maryland.
• The town was named by Frederick Underwood, President of the Soo RR, in honor of Edward Braddock, County Auditor.
• The Braddock Expedition to capture Fort Duquesne (modern day Pittsburgh) from the French led to the British general's own fatal wounding and a sound defeat of his troops after crossing the Monongahela River on July 9, 1755.
• Many older residents can recall when the Braddock Hills Shopping Center on Yost Boulevard was the location of a drive-in movie theater.
• Chalfant has three borders, including Wilkins Township from the northeast to southeast, North Braddock to the southwest, and Forest Hills to the northwest.
• Nearby, the George Westinghouse Bridge over Turtle Creek is a prominent fixture in the area, which is very near the borough of Braddock.
• Forest Hills has five borders, including Wilkinsburg and Churchill to the north, Wilkins Township to the east, Chalfant to the southeast, North Braddock to the south-southeast, and Braddock Hills from the south to the northwest.
• In 1755, General Edward Braddock and British troops left Virginia and used Fraser as the guide with General Washington as the aide on the expedition.
• Swissvale has six land borders, including Edgewood to the north, Braddock Hills to the east, North Braddock to the southeast, Rankin to the south, and the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Regent Square and Swisshelm Park to the west.
• Across the Monongahela River to the northeast are the boroughs of Braddock and Rankin, the latter with a direct connector via Rankin Bridge.
• During the French and Indian War, a British army commanded by General Edward Braddock approached Fort Duquesne and crossed the Youghiogheny River at Stewart's Crossing, which is situated in the middle of what is now the city of Connellsville.
• Thomas Dunbar, who commanded an English force at nearby Jumonville and retreated to Philadelphia after Edward Braddock was defeated by the French and Indians.
• Unincorporated communities within the township include Oliver, Phillips, Lemont Furnace, Mount Braddock, Jumonville, East Uniontown, Coolspring, West Leisenring, Bethelboro, Youngstown, Percy, Mount Independence, Morgan, Evans Manor, and part of Hopwood.
• Shortly after, the Braddock, Prickett, Stratton, Branin, and Wilkins families relocated to the area, many of whom have descendants living there today.
• The CDP border follows Columbia Pike and Holmes Run to the north, its border with the city of Alexandria to the east, Interstate 395, Interstate 495, and the VRE Fredericksburg Line to the south, and Edsall Road, Clifton Street, Braddock Road, and Little River Turnpike to the west.
• Clairsville, named for Sir John St Clair, Lt Colonel and Quartermaster General for the British General Edward Braddock.
• Historically, the park is on the location of the July 9, 1755 Battle of the Monongahela, where British general Edward Braddock was mortally wounded, ending his expedition to capture the French Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian War.
• Born in 1695 as the son of Major-General Edward Braddock of the Coldstream Guards and his wife, Braddock followed his father into the British army.
• George Washington, promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel of the Virginia Regiment on June 4, 1754 by Governor Robert Dinwiddie, was then just 23, knew the territory and served as a volunteer aide-de-camp to General Braddock.

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