Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for Devereux. Search instead for devereaux.

Devereux

American  
[dev-uh-roo] / ˈdɛv əˌru /

noun

  1. Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex, 1566–1601, British statesman, soldier, and courtier of Queen Elizabeth I.


Devereux British  
/ ˈdɛvərə /

noun

  1. Robert. See (2nd Earl of) Essex

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

“This is my skin before taking GHK,” said a 22-year-old living in Austin, Texas, who goes by the name of Greta Devereux on TikTok.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 22, 2026

Sara Devereux, Vanguard’s global head of fixed income, echoes his view.

From Barron's Feb. 26, 2026

“If this trend continues, the 20th century should go down as the last during which tens of millions of people died for lack of access to food,” the paper’s author Stephen Devereux reported.

From Salon Nov. 19, 2025

Even his own Zetta wine, made in collaboration with Napa Valley’s Smith Devereux Wines, was named after his schoolteacher mother and shares profits with literacy programs.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2024

“Ms. Devereux, I’m asking you to redeem yourself and solve this problem for us on the board.”

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training