/dud"lee/ , n.
1. Robert, 1st Earl of Leicester , 1532?-88, British statesman and favorite of Queen Elizabeth.
2. Thomas , 1576-1653, English governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1634-35, 1640-41, 1645-46, 1650-51.
3. a borough in West Midlands, central England, near Birmingham. 300,700.
4. a male given name: from an Old English placename meaning "dry field."