Eric
noun
Eric
1 American
[er-ik]
/ ˈɛr ɪk /
ERIC
2
American
[er-ik]
/ ˈɛr ɪk /
abbreviation
eric
British
/ ˈɛrɪk /
noun
Etymology
Origin of eric
C16: from Irish eiric
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Lloyd’s survivors include his wife, Sheila, his brother, Eric and his son, Dylan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
The bid came shortly after MTY announced it parted ways with Chief Executive Eric Lefebvre and appointed Victor Mandel as the new CEO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Barca were without Andreas Christensen, Eric García and Xavi Espart, leaving them fragile in defence, with 20-year-old midfielder Brian Farinas making his Champions League debut and just second start at right-back.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
They’d come to see Johnson appear with De La Cruz and two Republican challengers: Tano Tijerina, a much vaunted recruit running against Cuellar, and Eric Flores, the GOP hope for unseating Gonzalez.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
I used the money I made just to have something in my pocket in case Eric or my brother Mickey wanted to go to the movies.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
The Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, served as a national clearinghouse for data about Texas voters who had moved or died, and helped state officials flag names for counties to investigate.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2024
She has also served as president of the National Association of State Election Directors and chair of the bipartisan Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, which helps states maintain accurate voter rolls.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
Member states of the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, partnership share voter registration and identification data to avoid having people registered to vote in multiple states.
From Reuters ● Aug. 10, 2023
The database, known as ERIC, was long considered an important security tool and enjoyed widespread bipartisan support.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2023
Enter, by the hall door, HUGO, ERIC, and THORA.
From Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
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From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2013
Taran, the netherlands, via text 0455: "Nigel in brent knoll will be sorry when murray wins in 4 sets." eric in colchester...
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2010
The irony is that although Wilson ends by calling for full-scale books on both Fuller and Fred eric the reader of this essay may not feel in need of another word on either subject.
From Time Magazine Archive
Luga imposed an extraordinary eric fine on the sons of Turenn, part of which was “the cooking-spit of the women of Fincara.”
From Irish Fairy Tales by Edmund Leamy
"I will take an eric from you," said Lugh, "and if it seem too great, I will remit a portion of it."
From The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by Stephen Reid
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