Byrd

[burd]

noun

1. Richard Evelyn, 1888–1957, rear admiral in U.S. Navy: polar explorer.

2. Robert C(arlyle), 1917–2010, U.S. politician: senator from West Virginia 1959–2010.

3. William, c1540–1623, English composer and organist.

Byrd

/ bɜːd /

noun

1. Richard Evelyn . 1888–1957, US rear admiral, aviator, and polar explorer

2. William . 1543–1623, English composer and organist, noted for his madrigals, masses, and music for virginals

Example Sentences

During the next several years, one of Virginia’s US senators, Harry Byrd, would promote a strategy called the Southern Manifesto, which opposed integrated public schools as a violation of states’ rights.

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“On arrival, units found a fully engulfed house on fire, including a partial collapse of the roof,” Byrd said in a video released by the fire department.

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The Byrds, with the addition of country-rock icon Gram Parsons, made a lasting mark in 1968 with “Sweetheart of the Rodeo.”

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On Aug. 20, Carrasco-Ramirez was arrested and booked into the Cois M. Byrd Detention Center in the French Valley on suspicion of grand theft, theft by false pretenses and passing counterfeit checks.

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So was Rhino Records’ film division, which explains why the soundtrack features boomer classics from the Byrds, Bob Dylan and Motown.

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