Nixon

[ nik-suhn ]

noun

1. Richard M(il·hous) [mil, -hous], 1913–94, 37th president of the U.S., 1969–74 (resigned).
2. his wife Thelma Catherine Ryan Pat, 1912–93, U.S. First Lady 1969–74.

Nixon

/ nɪkˈsəʊnɪən; ˈnɪksən /

noun

1. NixonRichard M(ilhous)19131994MUSPOLITICS: politicianPOLITICS: head of state Richard M ( ilhous ). 1913–94, US Republican politician; 37th president from 1969 until he resigned over the Watergate scandal in 1974

Derived Forms

• Nixonian, adjective

Example Sentences

He and the three other Miamian burglars sued former officials in the Nixon campaign, saying they were tricked into believing they were working for a national security agency.

From Washington Post

This is all good news but it’s also a long, long way from the Nixon-era hope that cancer was about to be “cured” within five years.

From Freakonomics

On the other hand, everyone saw Nixon dance, and he wasn’t bad.

From Washington Post

They then ran his voice and face through the two types of software, and stitched them together into a final deepfake Nixon.

From MIT Technology Review

If you compare it to what happened to Nixon, the difference is you have this authoritarian personality that has managed to take hold.

From Time

It was original in how it treated Nixon and his connection to the right before 1968.

From The Daily Beast

Nixon said defending the two islands was “a matter of principle.”

From The Daily Beast

Then, two years later, America elected Richard Nixon as president.

From The Daily Beast

Like so much in American politics, the debate about cops goes back to Nixon, says Pitney.

From The Daily Beast

In the 1960 campaign between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy, there was virtually no discussion of crime.

From The Daily Beast

He was regarding, speculatively, the back of young Ovid Nixon, the assistant cashier.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Nixon could give Scattergood no explanation, and she herself, in the midst of a spell of neuralgia, was distracted.

From Project Gutenberg

At our last meeting, you foretold the near overthrow of Mr. Nixon and the Croker regime.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Nixon would have then become a martyr or a hero; and between the two there after all goes flowing no mighty difference.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Croker meant Mr. Nixon for the mayoralty; but the plotting eighteen, intriguing with Brooklyn blocked the way with Mr. Coler.

From Project Gutenberg