Dwight

[dwahyt]

noun

1. Timothy, 1826–1916, U.S. ecclesiastic: president of Yale University 1886–98.

2. a male given name: from an Anglo-French surname meaning “of the Isle of Wight.”

Example Sentences

Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry Truman regularly impounded funds during World War II. Even Dwight Eisenhower, a fiscal conservative, quietly held back highway funding when inflation soared.

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Arrington was—was!—the director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library in Kansas, having been appointed to the job by the national archivist last year.

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Dwight Benjamin's Barbuda home was one of few left relatively undamaged by Irma.

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With peak hurricane season now in full swing, Dwight is among many Caribbean people anxiously monitoring weather platforms for activity in the Atlantic.

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Like Dwight, many Caribbean people build homes "out of pocket", rather than opting for mortgages that can have high interest rates in this part of the world.

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