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

Example Sentences

Roosevelt is on a three-game winning streak, but the Huskies are headed to another Division 1 playoff berth.

From Los Angeles Times

In the 90-year-old ruling known as Humphrey's Executor, the court sided with another FTC commissioner who was fired by Franklin D Roosevelt.

From BBC

That decision was a defeat for President Franklin Roosevelt who tried to fire a Republican appointee on the Federal Trade Commission.

From Los Angeles Times

Classic, matching high school football rivals Garfield and Roosevelt, is returning to East Los Angeles College on Friday, Oct.

From Los Angeles Times

Just over a century later, Teddy Roosevelt said of the vice presidency, “I certainly do not want to hold a position of titular dignity and of no earthly practical importance for four years.”

From Salon