Gerard
noun
Also a male given name, form of Gerald.
Gerard
1 American
[juh-rahrd]
/ dʒəˈrɑrd /
noun
Gérard
2
American
[zhay-rahr]
/ ʒeɪˈrɑr /
noun
Gérard
British
/ ʒerar /
noun
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We won't hold it against Michael Owen for suggesting he didn't know what the Ballon d'Or was when Gerard Houllier first rang to announce he'd won it.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
Filmed here in 2005, the video sees frontman Gerard Way belt the sorrowful lyrics at the front of church with his bandmates and a group of dancers around him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
That was seen as good a fit for Chanel's discreet family owners, Alain and Gerard Wertheimer.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
“All that stuff is getting turned up, and it happens to be right where the wave ends, which is really dangerous for us,” said Noah Gerard, 21.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
He leaned closer and peered through the crack to see Gerard Bonneville and Sister Katarina in a clumsy embrace.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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
He scored best actor Oscar and Screen Actors Guild nominations for his heartfelt performance as the struggling, dreaming immigrant father in “Minari,” a turn reminiscent of Gérard Depardieu’s in “Jean de Florette.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
Interior Minister Gérard Darmanin praised the intelligence services for successfully foiling the first plot targeting the Games.
From BBC ● May 31, 2024
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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