Floyd

American  

[floid] / flɔɪd /

noun

1. Carlisle (Sessions, Jr.), 1926–2021, U.S. composer, especially of operas.

2. a male given name, form of Lloyd.

---

Example Sentences

Emerging in the progressive scene at the same time as the other icons of post-Beatles rock — King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer — Genesis was probably the best of the bunch.

From Los Angeles Times

Floyd was killed just outside of Cup Foods, since renamed Unity Foods.

From Los Angeles Times

The memorial, known locally as George Floyd Square, encompasses a nearby covered bus stop, where a visitor had written that “race is a made up idea to keep ppl down.”

From Los Angeles Times

It lists “martyrs” killed by authorities — Good, Floyd, Philando Castile and others before them.

From Los Angeles Times

Nearly six years after Floyd’s death, some of the memorial art has begun to fade under the sun.

From Los Angeles Times