Humphrey

[ huhm-free ]

noun

1. Duke of Gloucester, 1391–1447, English soldier and statesman (youngest son of Henry IV).
2. Doris, 1895–1958, U.S. dancer, choreographer, and teacher.
3. Hubert H(oratio), 1911–78, U.S. politician: vice president 1965–69.
4. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “high” and “peace.”

Humphrey

/ ˈhʌmfrɪ /

noun

1. See Gloucester
   Duke Humphrey
   Duke Humphrey HumphreyDuke See Gloucester
2. HumphreyHubert Horatio19111978MUSPOLITICS: statesman Hubert Horatio. 1911–78, US statesman; vice-president of the US under President Johnson (1965–69)

Example Sentences

The 10-mile Humphrey’s Trail plants hikers in the thick of it, with Arizona’s highest point, the 12,635-foot Humphrey’s Peak, waiting at the trail’s midpoint.

From Outside Online

When Humphrey left the Senate to become Lyndon Johnson’s Vice President in 1964, Minnesota Governor Karl Rolvaag appointed 36-year-old Mondale to fill the open Senate seat.

From Time

Humphrey and Majority Leader Mike Mansfield let the process play out gradually, to persuade reluctant senators to support cloture.

From Washington Post

Humphrey’s positive test result came from Sunday’s game-day testing.

From Washington Post

In 1951, director John Huston brought Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, and Lauren Bacall here to film The African Queen.

From The Daily Beast

“Sorry, but the University of Arizona does not comment on personnel issues,” wrote spokesman George D. Humphrey.

From The Daily Beast

Humphrey Bogart: “I should never have switched from scotch to martinis.”

From The Daily Beast

Not everyone gets Humphrey Bogart to play them in the movies.

From The Daily Beast

Besides, how many guys can say Humphrey Bogart played them in the movies?

From The Daily Beast

The work is dedicated to Humphrey King, a tobacconist, and is full of curious sayings in regard to the plant.

From Project Gutenberg

This attempt was unsuccessful and Sir Humphrey Gilbert and his colleagues drowned during a storm at sea on their return voyage.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Humphrey had arrived in Palmyra the evening before the execution, not knowing her husband was to die.

From Project Gutenberg

The pony was soon loaded, and the little girls, who were still playing in the garden, were called in by Humphrey.

From Project Gutenberg

And Humphrey took up a knife, and cut away most manfully, although he was obliged to wipe his eyes with his sleeve very often.

From Project Gutenberg