Frederick

American  

[fred-rik, -er-ik] / ˈfrɛd rɪk, -ər ɪk /

noun

1. a city in central Maryland.

2. Also Frederic. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “peace” and “ruler.”

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Example Sentences

US documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman died Monday, a representative confirmed to AFP.

From Barron's

A self-portrait created during that time, which now hangs in the Tate Britain, so impressed her tutor Frederick Brown that he bought it and it hung in his home.

From BBC

Other American paragons of virtue who were publicly opposed at the time: William Lloyd Garrison, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Frederick Douglass.

From Los Angeles Times

Frederick Douglass and others were known to carry a supposedly magical root to protect them from violence inflicted by slaveholders.

From The Wall Street Journal

The glitzy Sphere suits Las Vegas; a new football arena along classical lines would befit Washington, which Frederick Douglass praised for “its lofty domes and stately pillars.”

From The Wall Street Journal