Roosevelt

[roh-zuh-velt, -vuhlt, rohz-velt, -vuhlt, roo-zuh-velt]

noun

1. (Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).

2. Edith Kermit Carow, 1861–1948, U.S. First Lady 1901–09 (wife of Theodore Roosevelt).

3. Franklin Delano FDR, 1882–1945, 32nd president of the U.S. 1933–45.

4. Theodore TeddyT.R., 1858–1919, 26th president of the U.S. 1901–09: Nobel Peace Prize 1906.

5. Formerly Río da Duvida. Rio Roosevelt, a river flowing north from western Brazil to the Madeira River. About 400 miles (645 km) long.

Roosevelt

/ ˈrəʊzəˌvɛlt /

noun

1. ( Anna ) Eleanor . 1884–1962, US writer, diplomat, and advocate of liberal causes: delegate to the United Nations (1945–52)

2. her husband, Franklin Delano (ˈdɛləˌnəʊ), known as FDR . 1882–1945, 32nd president of the US (1933–45); elected four times. He instituted major reforms (the New Deal ) to counter the economic crisis of the 1930s and was a forceful leader during World War II

3. Theodore . 1858–1919, 26th president of the US (1901–09). A proponent of extending military power, he won for the US the right to build the Panama Canal (1903). He won the Nobel peace prize (1906), for mediating in the Russo-Japanese war

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Four families—the Adamses, Harrisons, Roosevelts and Bushes—have produced two presidents.

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Classic against Roosevelt and did not play in Garfield’s regular-season finale against Eagle Rock, Jauregui is filling his shoes just fine.

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It was praised by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and built support for New Deal programs, such as federal migrant camps, and for union-organizing efforts.

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Roosevelt created jobs paid for by government; he created Social Security; he created a coalition that improbably managed to include both Black Americans everywhere and white Southerners, northern industrialists and rural farmers.

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Lincoln carried her briefcase to the West Wing, a separate building begun by Teddy Roosevelt in 1902 when the White House ran out of room for staff.

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