Eric

¹

[ er-ik ]

noun

1. Eric the Red.
2. a male given name: ultimately from Germanic words meaning “one” and “ruler.”

ERIC

²

[ er-ik ]

abbreviation for

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eric

/ ˈɛrɪk /

noun

1. See wergild
   (in old Irish law) a fine paid by a murderer to the family of his victim Compare wergild

Word History and Origins

Origin of Eric¹

C16: from Irish eiric

Example Sentences

Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.

From The Daily Beast

“They are hypocritical on this very issue,” Shearer said about Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and other public officials.

From The Daily Beast

The protests sparked by the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner have become front page news.

From The Daily Beast

If they really wanted to get revenge they should have gone to Staten Island and found the cops that killed Eric Garner.

From The Daily Beast

“At worst, Eric picked up a garbage can, was told by police to put it down, and did,” his lawyer, Martin Stoler, insisted.

From The Daily Beast

Eric learnt the whole landscape by heart, and thought himself a most happy boy to come to such a place.

From Project Gutenberg

Eric secretly thought that he a very nice-looking specimen of Roslyn School.

From Project Gutenberg

“You brutal cowardly bully,” shouted Eric; and in another moment he would have sprung upon him.

From Project Gutenberg

So Eric left the field, and wandered home, like Calchas in the Iliad, “sorrowful by the side of the sounding sea.”

From Project Gutenberg

Eric stood still, trembling with rage, while his eyes lightened scorn and indignation.

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