Roosevelt

American  

[roh-zuh-velt, -vuhlt, rohz-velt, -vuhlt, roo-zuh-velt] / ˈroʊ zəˌvɛlt, -vəlt, ˈroʊz vɛlt, -vəlt, ˈru zəˌvɛlt /

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.

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Roosevelt British  

/ 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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Example Sentences

Joseph Stalin, supported by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, pressured the British Admiralty to keep the convoys coming.

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Fighting back requires America to organize its allies the way Franklin D. Roosevelt built a winning coalition in World War II. Here are five steps he should take:

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Mr. Brown notes that historians routinely place Roosevelt fourth among presidential greats, after Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and TR’s distant relative Franklin Roosevelt.

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Early in 1996, Mr. Clinton assembled his economic advisers in the Roosevelt Room.

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This compilation of 76 watches includes Paul Newman’s Rolex and Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Tiffany & Co. timepiece he wore to the Yalta Conference.

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