Lloyd

[ loid ]

noun

1. Welsh Legend. Llwyd.
2. Harold (Clay·ton) [kleyt, -n], 1894–1971, U.S. actor.
3. (John) Sel·wyn (Brooke) [sel, -win], 1904–78, British statesman.
4. a male given name: from a Welsh word meaning “gray.”

Lloyd

/ lɔɪd /

noun

1. LloydClive (Hubert)1944MWest Indian (Guyanese)SPORT AND GAMES: cricketer Clive ( Hubert ). born 1944, West Indian (Guyanese) cricketer; played in 110 tests (1966–84), scoring 7,515 runs; captained the West Indies in 74 tests and to two World Cup wins (1975, 1979)
2. LloydHarold (Clayton)18931971MUSTHEATRE: comic film actor Harold ( Clayton ). 1893–1971, US comic film actor
3. LloydMarie18701922FEnglishTHEATRE: music-hall entertainer Marie, real name Matilda Alice Victoria Wood. 1870–1922, English music-hall entertainer

Example Sentences

Lloyd Doggett from Texas was from Texas, which was its own country.

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Lobbyist Lloyd Hand, a former aide to Lyndon Johnson, flitted from conversation to conversation.

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Michael Bloomberg, Lloyd Blankfein, Jamie Dimon—with a little Clint Eastwood on the side.

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As the wrangling continued, Lloyd and Postol grew to rely on their new colleague, Susli.

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After the August 21 attacks in Syria, Postol and Lloyd decided to launch an investigation into what happened there.

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After entering the great primeval forest Mr. Lloyd went west for five days without the sight of a Pygmy.

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Lloyd and I were going bedward, it was late with a bright moon—ah, poor dog, you know no such moons as these!

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Lloyd and I grew grey over the monthly returns; but every damned month, there is a new extra.

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Fanny, Lloyd and I saddled and rode off with a lantern; it was a fine starry night, though pretty cold.

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I rode up here, wrote my letter in the sweat of the concordance and with the able-bodied help of Lloyd—and dined.

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