Eric

[ er-ik ]

/ ˈɛr ɪk /

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noun

a male given name: ultimately from Germanic words meaning “one” and “ruler.”

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ERIC

[ er-ik ]

/ ˈɛr ɪk /

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How to use Eric in a sentence

Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.
The Golden State Preps for the ‘Red Wedding’ of Senate Races|David Freedlander|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“They are hypocritical on this very issue,” Shearer said about Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and other public officials.
Harry Shearer on The Dangerous Business of Satire|Lloyd Grove|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The protests sparked by the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner have become front page news.
Nazis, Sunscreen, and Sea Gull Eggs: Congress in 2014 Was Hella Productive|Ben Jacobs|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If they really wanted to get revenge they should have gone to Staten Island and found the cops that killed Eric Garner.
Anger at The Cop Killer - And The Police|M.L. Nestel|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“At worst, Eric picked up a garbage can, was told by police to put it down, and did,” his lawyer, Martin Stoler, insisted.
Protesters Slimed This Good Samaritan Cop|Michael Daly|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Eric learnt the whole landscape by heart, and thought himself a most happy boy to come to such a place.
Eric, or Little by Little|Frederic W. Farrar
Eric secretly thought that he a very nice-looking specimen of Roslyn School.
Eric, or Little by Little|Frederic W. Farrar
“You brutal cowardly bully,” shouted Eric; and in another moment he would have sprung upon him.
Eric, or Little by Little|Frederic W. Farrar
So Eric left the field, and wandered home, like Calchas in the Iliad, “sorrowful by the side of the sounding sea.”
Eric, or Little by Little|Frederic W. Farrar
Eric stood still, trembling with rage, while his eyes lightened scorn and indignation.
Eric, or Little by Little|Frederic W. Farrar

British Dictionary definitions for Eric

eric

eriach

/ (ˈɛrɪk) /

noun

(in old Irish law) a fine paid by a murderer to the family of his victimCompare wergild

Word Origin for eric

C16: from Irish eiric

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