Leonard

[ len-erd ]

noun

1. Sugar Ray Ray Charles Leonard, born 1956, U.S. boxer.
2. William El·ler·y (Channing) [el, -, uh, -ree], 1876–1944, U.S. poet, essayist, and teacher.
3. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “lion” and “hardy.”

Leonard

/ ˈlɛnəd /

noun

1. LeonardSugar Ray1956MUSSPORT AND GAMES: boxer Sugar Ray, real name Ray Charles Leonard. born 1956, US boxer: the first man to have won world titles at five officially recognized weights

Example Sentences

In late April or early May 1955, Chuck approached Muddy Waters about recording, and Muddy sent him to Leonard Chess.

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That luxury store had been founded years earlier by Herbert Woolf, a relative of the British writers Leonard and Virginia.

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Cisco founders Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner have reportedly given 70 percent of the $170 million they earned to animal welfare.

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In the pilot, Cosby was so bad that the network [NBC] wanted to replace him, and Leonard and Culp rescued him.

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Those words were said by Joshu Sasaki Roshi, who ordained Leonard Cohen as a Zen monk in 1996.

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November sixth; feast of St. Leonard, the warrior hermit; third hour of the morning.

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He and Leonard Elwood were great friends; though they were, in many respects, of very different characters.

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He seems, at times, so reserved and distant, I almost feel inclined to call him ‘Mr. Elwood’ instead of ‘Leonard.’

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Leonard was so incoherent in his excitement, that it was some time before his hearers grasped his meaning.

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In fact, he subjected me to a long sort of cross-examination respecting our friend Leonard here.

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