Breckinridge

American  

[brek-uhn-rij] / ˈbrɛk ənˌrɪdʒ /

noun

1. John Cabell, 1821–75, vice president of the U.S. 1857–61: Confederate general in the American Civil War.

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Example Sentences

"I'm just thrilled," Teresa Breckinridge, owner of the Silver Skillet Diner in Atlanta, Georgia, told the BBC.

From BBC

The youngest vice president. was John C. Breckinridge, a Kentuckian who served in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

You can buy “Myra Breckinridge” on DVD or VHS via Amazon, or watch it in Spanish on YouTube.

From Los Angeles Times

After Myron Breckinridge gets a sex-change operation in Copenhagen, she returns to America as Myra, where she arrives at her Uncle Buck’s acting school claiming to be Myron’s widow and that she’s been granted half of the school or $500,000 in his will.

From Los Angeles Times

During a career that spanned more than five decades, her roles ranged from a transgender woman in Michael Sarne’s 1970 adaptation of Gore Vidal’s satirical novel “Myra Breckinridge” to the gritty 1972 roller derby movie “Kansas City Bomber” to her Golden Globe-winning performance in the star-studded 1973 comedy “The Three Musketeers.”

From Los Angeles Times