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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Gerard Helferich, the author of “An Unlikely Trust,” on episodes in the life of the 26th president.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Gerard: Of course we will win the World Cup.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
"A cold Atlantic doesn't necessarily mean a colder Europe," Gerard McCarthy, oceanographer at Ireland's Maynooth University, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Three years later, it partnered with the art collective Gerard & Kelly on an experimental project performed inside modernist dwellings, including the Schindler House.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
She smiled at him with such friendliness that he was reminded of that strange moment with Gerard Bonneville.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
In 2025, fellow historian Gérard Wettstein tried again.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
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
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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