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Horatio

American  
[huh-rey-shee-oh, haw-, hoh-] / həˈreɪ ʃiˌoʊ, hɔ-, hoʊ- /

noun

  1. a male given name.


Example Sentences

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Horatio, who can admittedly get lost in the woodwork, barely registers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

Gen. Horatio Gates, who deployed a nonmilitary tool of war: propaganda.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

Long before Samantha Lotus, there was William Horatio Bates, an ophthalmologist at the turn of the 20th century who developed the so-called Bates method for improving vision.

From Slate • Sep. 30, 2023

Horatio Castille from Banbury in Oxfordshire says he was handcuffed by officers after they received a possible sighting of Mr Khalife, who is on the run after escaping from Wandsworth prison.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2023

Horatio smiled uncertainly and held up a glass.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein