Nixon

[nik-suhn]

noun

1. Richard M(ilhous) 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. Richard M ( ilhous ). 1913–94, US Republican politician; 37th president from 1969 until he resigned over the Watergate scandal in 1974

Other Word Forms

• Nixonian adjective

Example Sentences

Department of Health and Human Services spokesman Andrew Nixon defended the process, saying the surge in autism had occurred under the watch of institutional CDC scientists.

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But by the time Richard Nixon entered office in 1969, impoundments weren’t just about efficiency.

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As a historian of the FBI, I recognize the FBI has had only one other overtly political director in the past 50 years: L. Patrick Gray, who served for a year under President Richard Nixon.

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“People are suffering and struggling to find their way, and they don’t trust anyone anymore,” said Nixon.

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Scott Holste, who served as a spokesperson for Jay Nixon, a moderate Democrat who served as the Missouri attorney general from 1993 to 2009, recalls a starkly different approach from Bailey’s.

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