Leroy

or LeRoy

[ luh-roi, lee-roi ]

noun

1. a male given name: from Old French, meaning “the king.”

Example Sentences

For example, humpbacks whistle a mellifluous call, like the type you would hear on a relaxing playlist, Leroy says.

From Popular-Science

A biogeographer, Leroy studies how life, such as plants and animals, spread across regions.

From Science News For Students

Becker writes that “intimate portraits during battle became Leroy’s hallmark” and describes the way Leroy would crawl in the mud alongside the soldiers, focusing on their eyes and changes in expression.

From Washington Post

The look of anguish on his face is searing — and Leroy kept clicking as Wike came to his feet and charged the bunker, the dead man’s M16 in his hands.

From Washington Post

Leroy missed a few planes, but he got to the game by the time you really needed him.

From Washington Post

He returned to TV in Chicago Hope, before landing NCIS, a spinoff from JAG in 2003, playing Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs.

From The Daily Beast

Sergeant Leroy Johnston, a Houston native, served five deployments, three in Iraq and two in Afghanistan.

From The Daily Beast

Wives and partners need such activities as well, Leroy added.

From The Daily Beast

Leroy said people should know that for many wounded veterans after war, “No matter the limits we can live a full life.”

From The Daily Beast

The first mummy discovered is said to be the body of Remigio Leroy, a French doctor.

From The Daily Beast

Bessie's little brother, Leroy, now past five years of age, was far from being rugged.

From Project Gutenberg

As Leroy was too young to drive the cows home in the evening, Bessie enjoyed many a long walk in search of them.

From Project Gutenberg

He said that when he wanted to stir up talk and create a sensation he had something written about this Captain Frank Leroy.

From Project Gutenberg

"Well, you better had 'a' fetched Leroy along," commented the man, and I judged that he had small stomach for the work before him.

From Project Gutenberg

He captured Leroy, the fellow you have been reading about, and fetched him to me, and I've put him out of business.

From Project Gutenberg