Patterson
Americannoun
-
Eleanor Medill Cissy, 1884–1948, U.S. newspaper editor and publisher.
-
Floyd, 1935–2006, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1956–59, 1960–62.
-
Frederick Douglass, 1901–1988, U.S. educator; founder of United Negro College Fund.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Patterson was sentenced last September, with the trial judge allowing a non-parole period of 33 years due to the "harsh prison conditions" she would likely face.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Patterson is not expected to attend in person and watched her appeal by live video link from her prison, the maximum-security Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Melbourne's western suburbs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
Patterson was also disqualified from driving for five years and four months.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Comey joined the law firm Patterson Belknap earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Mr. Patterson had told me that over a hundred years ago, laborers had harvested the granite guts of the quarry to build a bridge between Boston and Cambridge.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
