Noun bruce has 2 senses
  1. Bruce, David Bruce, Sir David Bruce - Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
    --1 is a kind of doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico; bacteriologist
  2. Bruce, Robert the Bruce, Robert I - King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329)
    --2 is a kind of king, male monarch
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