Definition of Haley

1. Noun. United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981).

Exact synonyms: Bill Haley, William John Clifton Haley Jr.
Generic synonyms: Rock Star

2. Noun. United States writer and Afro-American who wrote a fictionalized account of tracing his family roots back to Africa (1921-1992).
Exact synonyms: Alex Haley
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Definition of Haley

1. Proper noun. (surname from=Old English dot=), a common spelling variant of Hayley. ¹

2. Proper noun. (surnames female given name), popular in the U.S. in the 1990s and the 2000s. ¹

3. Proper noun. Any of several places in the U.S. and Canada named after persons with the surname. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haley

Haldane effect
Haldane relationship
Haldane transformation
Haldane tube
Haldea
Haldea striatula
Haldol
Hale
Hale's colloidal iron stain
Haleakala National Park
Halenia
Hales' piesimeter
Halesia carolina
Halesia tetraptera
Halevy
Haley (current term)
Halfrican
Haliaeetus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Haliaeetus leucorhyphus
Haliaeetus pelagicus
Haliatus albicilla
Halicoeres
Halicoeres bivittatus
Halicoeres radiatus
Halictidae
Halifax
Haligonian
Haligonians

Literary usage of Haley

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"Haley failed to pay these loans, and Block instituted proceedings to foreclose them. Haley Interposed various objections to the foreclosure proceedings, ..."

2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1909)
"indicate that appellant, receiving money from Haley, another salesman, ... If the testimony of Wilder, Haley, and ap pellant state correctly the fiduciary ..."

3. A History of the Episcopal Church in Narragansett, Rhode Island: Including a by Wilkins Updike, James MacSparran, Daniel Goodwin (1907)
"Haley, or Haily, Catharine (dau. of Jeremiah, s. of John, and w. of Paul ... Haley, or Haily, Elisabeth (bapt. as child, 1738; dau. of John and Mary), ..."

4. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (1887)
"WHW MADAM Haley. . . August 23, 1855. MK. ... the second husband of Madam Haley, was a brother of Francis Jeffrey, the Scotch reviewer. ..."

5. The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922 by Clarence Monroe Burton, William Stocking, Gordon K. Miller, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company (1922)
"Martin C. Haley, their only child, attended the public schools of Wyoming and later became a student in the Sarnia Institute, from which he was graduated ..."

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