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

Some muscle their way to the mountaintop, like Kevin Costner’s “Yellowstone” patriarch John Dutton or Stallone’s Dwight Manfredi on “Tulsa King.”

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And yes, though other university and NFL towns have their own indelible catches—Dwight Clark, David Tyree, CJ Daniels doing Odell better than Odell, all of them sublime—Cooper Jr.’s catch is the kind of catch from now on gets to go by The Catch, capital T, capital C.

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In November 1952, Dwight Eisenhower won the U.S. presidential election, promising to bring the Korean War to an end.

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Magnified prints were sent to President Dwight Eisenhower at the White House.

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On the morning of May 1, at Camp David, President Dwight Eisenhower stood on a porch looking out at a cold, steady drizzle.

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