Horatio

[ huh-rey-shee-oh, haw-, hoh- ]

noun

1. a male given name.

Example Sentences

I have always thought of Helen Gurley Brown as the female version of a Horatio Alger hero—the American dream of a self-made woman.

From The Daily Beast

The candidate who is accused of instigating class warfare seems like she has stepped out of a Horatio Alger story.

From The Daily Beast

In 1996, he was enshrined in the Horatio Alger Association.

From The Daily Beast

He was a man, Horatio, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.

From The Daily Beast

By dint of will, intelligence, and luck he had risen, Horatio Alger-like, from an impoverished and brutal childhood.

From The Daily Beast

Then Shakespeare comes to his aid: 'There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,' etc.

From Project Gutenberg

Did not Shakspeare write, 'There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy'?

From Project Gutenberg

"There needs no ghost come from the dead to tell us that, Horatio," he said, cheerily.

From Project Gutenberg

It is manifest from these words that Horatio was not the boy whom his uncle would have chosen to bring up in his own profession.

From Project Gutenberg

The snow was deep enough to have afforded them a reasonable excuse; but Horatio was not to be prevailed upon to turn back.

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