Eric

¹

[er-ik]

noun

1. Eric the Red.

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

ERIC

²

[er-ik]

abbreviation

1. Education Resources Information Center: a database of articles and reports on education-related topics.

eric

/ ˈɛrɪk /

noun

1. (in old Irish law) a fine paid by a murderer to the family of his victim Compare wergild

Word History and Origins

Origin of eric¹

C16: from Irish eiric

Example Sentences

Impetus for change has come from outsiders including Eric Slesinger, an engineer and former Central Intelligence Agency officer who also worked briefly at the CIA’s associated tech-investment operation, In-Q-Tel.

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Ocasek was 34—older than either Eric Clapton or Pete Townshend.

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Ms. McGovern, looking ethereal, is wonderful, as are Jason Schwartzman in a too-brief performance as Burton, the Oscar Wilde of vampires, and Eric Bogosian, reprising the journalist Daniel Molloy.

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On March 24, 2023, an unnamed co-conspirator told Eric Earnest “the Portland Trailblazers were going to be ‘tanking’ so they could get a better NBA draft pick and a player only identified as Player 1 would not play,” according to the indictment.

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Liquidations like that one could follow in the U.S. if any or all of the current crop of filings for single-stock leveraged funds are approved, according to Eric Balchunas, a senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence.

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