Marley

Definition: Marley

Marley

Noun

1. Jamaican singer who popularized reggae (1945-1981).

"Marley" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a pleasant wood".

Date "Marley" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1843. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Marley

Domain	Definitions
Slang	Noun. Source: Unknown. Definition: The special floor in dance studios and on stages. Context: Used when describing danceble floors. Social Source: Eugene Youth Ballet Inter-Advanced Dancers. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Marley

Synonyms: Bob Marley (n), Robert Nesta Marley (n). (additional references)

Synonyms by domain: Marley floor (building & civil engineering), Marley's snake mackerel (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology).

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Crosswords: Marley

English words defined with "Marley": Bob Marley ♦ Robert Nesta Marley. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Marley": HELPMATE. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Marley" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Manx (marl, plasticine).

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Modern Usage: Marley

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	By Bob Marley ("I SHOT THE SHERIFF"; performing artist: Eric Clapton) I might, hop off the Harley, spoke mine like Bob Marley ("Awnaw"; performing artist: Nappy Roots) We got the Marley with my yardies we partyin' ("Feels Good"; performing artist: Naughty By Nature)
Movie/TV Titles	One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute (1999) Me & Marley You (1992) Bob Marley and the Wailers: The Bob Marley Story (1986)
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Commercial Usage: Marley

Domain	Title
Books	Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley (reference) The Covert War Against Rock: What You Don't Know About the Deaths of Jim Morrison, Tupac Shakur, Michael Hutchence, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Phil Ochs, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, j (reference) The Rastaman Vibration: With Rasta, Bob Marley, Jamaican Patois {Patwah}, and Dancehall Reggae (reference) The philosophy of Bob Marley : lyrics of his songs : quotations, Rastafarianism, songs on staff notations for guitar and keyboard (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Classic Albums - Bob Marley and the Wailers: Catch a Fire (reference) Bob Marley and the Wailers: The Bob Marley Story - Caribbean Nights (reference) Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers: Conscious Party Live at the Palladium (reference) Rebel Music - The Bob Marley Story (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Jamming: Bluegrass Celebrates Bob Marley (reference) Marley Family Affair (reference) Stir It Up: The Music of Bob Marley (reference) Stir It Up-Music of Bob Marley [SACD] (reference) Dreams of Freedom: Ambient Translations of Bob Marley in Dub (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Marley

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Use in Literature: Marley

Title	Author	Quote
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	Scrooge had often heard it said that Marley had no bowels, but he had never believed it until now.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Marley

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	HELPMATE, n. A wife, or bitter half. "Now, why is yer wife called a helpmate, Pat?" Says the priest. "Since the time 'o yer wooin' She's niver [sic] assisted in what ye were at -- For it's naught ye are ever doin'." "That's true of yer Riverence [sic]," Patrick replies, And no sign of contrition envices; "But, bedad, it's a fact which the word implies, For she helps to mate the expinses [sic]!" Marley Wottel
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Marley

"Marley" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.26% of the time. "Marley" is used about 135 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	99.26%	134	27,488
Noun (singular)	0.74%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	135	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Marley

The following table summarizes the usage of "Marley" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Marley	Last name	2,000	5,949
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Marley

"Marley" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a pleasant wood".

The following table summarizes names related to "Marley."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Marlee	Female	English	Marley
Marley	Male, Female	English	N/A
Marly	Male	English	Marley
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: Marley

Expressions using "Marley": Bob Marley ♦ Robert Nesta Marley. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Marley

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
bob marley	6,344	lyrics marley ziggy	58
bob marley lyrics	822	bob marley discography	57
ziggy marley	500	bob marley song	50
bob marley picture	406	marley bob wailers	49
marley	343	bob marley shirt	48
marley shelton	201	bob marley legend	38
bob marley pic	166	bob buddy icon marley	34
bob marley wallpaper	165	bob de fotos marley	32
bob marley tab	156	bob marley song lyrics	32
bob marley photo	144	bob marley shoes	31
damian marley	137	damien marley	31
bob marley quote	129	bob marley clothing	29
bob marley biography	114	marley station	29
bob marley poster	104	bob marley album	28
marley cooling tower	96	marley nude shelton	28
bob marley t shirt	78	bob marley fotos	28
bob marley music	64	bob marley bio	27
mall marley station	64	marley kymani	26
bob marley mp3	63	bob marley tablature	26
bob marley guitar tab	62	bob marley tattoo	24
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Marley

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Thyrsitoides marleyi. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Marley

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-l-m-r-y"
	-1 letter: early, lamer, layer, leary, marly, mealy, realm, relay.
	-2 letters: aery, alme, amyl, army, aryl, earl, elmy, eyra, lame, lear, lyre, male, mare, marl, meal, merl, rale, real, ream, rely, yare, year, ylem.
	-3 letters: ale, are, arm, aye, ear, elm, era, lam, lar, lay, lea, ley, lye, mae, mar, may, mel, ram, ray, rem.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-l-m-r-y"
	+1 letter: lamprey.
	+2 letters: claymore, creamily, cymbaler, dreamily, empyreal, lamasery, lampreys, malarkey, mannerly, markedly, masterly, maturely, meagerly, meagrely, mislayer, ramosely, yarmelke, yarmulke.
	+3 letters: allometry, altimetry, claymores, clergyman, comradely, cymbalers, embryonal, exemplary, germanely, hemelytra, liveryman, malarkeys, manslayer, mayflower, medullary, memorably, millenary, minelayer, miserably, mislayers, monolayer, multiyear, myoneural, numerally, playmaker, removably, salarymen, thermally, yarmelkes, yarmulkes.
	+4 letters: acromegaly, acrylamide, alimentary, aneurysmal, cavalrymen, dreamfully, elementary, emblazonry, fearsomely, germinally, harmlessly, hypodermal, immaturely, imperially, lachrymose, lampoonery, laundrymen, lukewarmly, lumberyard, malapertly, manslayers, materially, maternally, mayflowers, measurably, measuredly, memorially, metallurgy, methylator, metrically, minelayers, mineralogy, moderately, monetarily, monolayers, multilayer, mycoflorae, playmakers, polymerase, presumably, primevally, propylaeum, reassembly, remarkably, remedially, semiyearly, temporally, terminably, terminally, unmannerly.
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