Boyd

American  

[boid] / bɔɪd /

noun

1. a male given name: from a Gaelic word meaning “light.”

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Boyd British  

/ bɔɪd /

noun

1. Arthur . 1920–99, Australian painter and sculptor, noted for his large ceramic sculptures and his series of engravings

2. Martin ( A'Beckett ). 1893–1972, Australian novelist, author of Lucinda Brayford (1946) and of the Langton tetralogy The Cardboard Crown (1952), A Difficult Young Man (1955), Outbreak of Love (1957), and When Blackbirds Sing (1962)

3. Sir Michael. born 1955, British theatre director; artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 2003

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Example Sentences

Eric Boyd and his research team investigated how a burst of small earthquakes in 2021 affected the communities of microbes living deep beneath the Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field.

From Science Daily

Beyond detecting an increase in cell numbers, Boyd and colleagues observed that the types of microbes present changed over time.

From Science Daily

At Stanford University’s School of Medicine, researchers led by Dr. Scott Boyd have developed an AI-based blood-testing approach to scan the immune system for subtle signs that these braking mechanisms are failing.

From The Wall Street Journal

The paucity of hard evidence about the end of Marlowe’s life requires the author to engage in speculation about the murder and more, but our reviewer, Boyd Tonkin, observed that “no one can speculate with greater authority than Mr. Greenblatt.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Jets cornerback Kris Boyd remains in critical but stable condition after being shot in the abdomen early Sunday morning in Manhattan.

From Los Angeles Times