Bodley, Sir ThomasPronunciation: /ˈbɒdli/Definition of Bodley, Sir Thomas (1545–1613), English scholar and diplomat. He refounded and greatly enlarged the Oxford University library, which was renamed the Bodleian in 1602. an informal name for the Bodleian Library. Bodley, Sir Thomas in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Bodley, Sir Thomas in the US English dictionary