Gerard
noun
Also a male given name, form of Gerald.
Gerard
1 American
[juh-rahrd]
/ dʒəˈrɑrd /
noun
Gérard
2
American
[zhey-rahr]
/ ʒeɪˈrɑr /
noun
Gérard
British
/ ʒerar /
noun
Example Sentences
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“Tech imports are increasing, and it’s getting murky in terms of actual origin,” said Jay Gerard, senior vice president at Worldwide Logistics Group, a U.S. freight forwarder and logistics firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Shane Gerard was a highly successful baseball coach at Marshall High until he decided he was burned out and stepped down in 2018.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Barcelona thought they had him, as did most fans when Gerard Pique - whose company produced the show - tweeted a popcorn emoji.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Araujo found his playing time limited under Barca manager Hansi Flick, who arrived in May 2024, as Spaniards Gerard Martin and Pau Cubarsi became the club's preferred central defensive pairing.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
“You ever know of a man by the name of Gerard Bonneville?”
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
Handel bids us “Rejoice Greatly”; we do so with the benefit of a weirdo 19th century Frenchman, one Gérard de Nerval.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
"Odd as it may seem, if they don't request assistance, you cannot force them to accept it," says Gérard Barron, the head of Boulogne's sea-rescue volunteers.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
And during Ms. Kealani’s closing paean to Charles X, once again sensitively accompanied by the solo harp, the Gérard picture slowly assembled, with the painting itself finally projected onto the singers and Paulo Fantin’s set.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025
Macron acknowledged only one “regret” in response to a question about his apparent siding with actor Gérard Depardieu, who is facing sexual misconduct allegations, in televised remarks last month.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
In the years that followed there erupted a long-running dispute between Allan Sandage, heir to Hubble at Mount Wilson, and Gérard de Vaucouleurs, a French-born astronomer based at the University of Texas.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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