Real Dictionary

Bloomsbury in American English
adjective: of or pertaining to a group of artists and writers who flourished in the early decades of the 20th century and were associated with the Bloomsbury section of London
noun: a residential and academic district in London, N of the Thames and Charing Cross. Artists, writers, and students living there have given it a reputation as an intellectual center

Bloomsbury in American English 1
a group of literary people and intellectuals residing in or associated with Bloomsbury in the early 20th cent., including Leonard and Virginia Woolf, Lytton Strachey, E. M. Forster, and John Maynard Keynes
of or associated with this group

Bloomsbury in American English 2
district in central London, formerly an artistic and literary center

Bloomsbury in British English
adjective: relating to or characteristic of the Bloomsbury Group
noun: a district of central London in the borough of Camden: contains the British Museum, part of the University of London, and many publishers' offices