Humphrey

[huhm-free]

noun

1. Duke of Gloucester, 1391–1447, English soldier and statesman (youngest son of Henry IV).

2. Doris, 1895–1958, U.S. dancer, choreographer, and teacher.

3. Hubert H(oratio), 1911–78, U.S. politician: vice president 1965–69.

4. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “high” and “peace.”

Humphrey

/ ˈhʌmfrɪ /

noun

1. See Gloucester

2. Hubert Horatio. 1911–78, US statesman; vice-president of the US under President Johnson (1965–69)

Example Sentences

Nacua had run along the right sideline with Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey in tight coverage.

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The second question in the order setting up the overturning of Humphrey’s Executor has received less attention than the upcoming execution of the Executor precedent, but it seems to me to be at least as significant.

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CFPB, where the court ruled the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s leadership structure was unconstitutional, he articulated his desire to “repudiate” the “erroneous precedent” of Humphrey’s.

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Slaughter, Justice Elena Kagan said the conservative majority was “raring” to overturn Humphrey’s and finally officially embrace the unitary executive.

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“Humphrey’s undergirds a significant feature of American governance: bipartisan administrative bodies carrying out expertise-based functions with a measure of independence from presidential control. Congress created them … out of one basic vision. It thought that in certain spheres of government, a group of knowledgeable people from both parties – none of whom a President could remove without cause – would make decisions likely to advance the long-term public good.”

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