English

Proper noun

Broadway ‎(uncountable)

1. A street name, typically for a wide road; a broad way.
2. The wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.
3. A place name for a settlement which grew up around such a road. For example, Broadway, Worcestershire, Broadway, Somerset.
4. The theater district of Manhattan.
5. The theatres in the Broadway theatre district; especially those covered by contracts between the owners and theatrical unions.
6. The American theater industry.
   • 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the title of the work):

     “King Homer” follows the story of King Kong closely, with Mr. Burns taking the freakishly over-sized King Homer from his native Africa, where he lives proud as a simian god, to the United States, where he is an initially impressive but ultimately rather limited Broadway attraction.

7. (Manitoba, idiomatic) The government of Manitoba.
   • 2009, “Verbal vent at city hall: Councillors attack province, feds on their infrastructure priorities”, in Winnipeg Free Press, June 25:

     Angry city councillors lashed out against both Broadway and Ottawa on Wednesday, claiming the Doer government and the Harper Conservatives are spending millions on infrastructure projects Winnipeg doesn't want and not enough on road repairs the city needs.

8. One of two villages in England.
9. A village in County Wexford, Ireland.
10. A town in North Carolina.
11. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
12. A town in Virginia.

Noun

Broadway

1. (poker slang) The highest straight in poker, ace-king-queen-jack-ten.

Derived terms

See also

• Sussex Drive

Adjective

Broadway ‎(not comparable)

1. (by extension if the proper noun senses) Flashy; showy.

   Since he got the recording contract, he's gone all Broadway.‎

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Broadway.

References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
• The Domesday Book (1086); section "Broadway, Somerset" http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7609338
• The Domesday Book (1086); section "Broadway, Worcestershire" http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7577729

English

Noun

broadway ‎(plural broadways)

1. An esplanade
   • 1962, Allen Kim Lang, Blind Man's Lantern:

     Just above the doorway, which opened spang onto the broadway of Datura, a grinning face peered down upon the visitors, its eyes ruby-colored glass.

   • 1917, Mrs. Meer Hassan Ali, Observations on the Mussulmauns of India:

     On a certain day the King was seated on the story of his palace which overlooked the town and the outskirts beyond the walls, in conversation with his Minister and favourites, when the Durweish was espied at no great distance standing on the broadway; which, when the King knew, he desired messengers might be dispatched to convey the holy man to his presence.