Leonard

[len-erd]

noun

1. Sugar Ray Ray Charles Leonard, born 1956, U.S. boxer.

2. William Ellery (Channing) 1876–1944, U.S. poet, essayist, and teacher.

3. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “lion” and “hardy.”

Leonard

/ ˈlɛnəd /

noun

1. Sugar Ray, real name Ray Charles Leonard. born 1956, US boxer: the first man to have won world titles at five officially recognized weights

Example Sentences

Her successful stage career took her from the provinces to the West End, and eventually to Broadway, where Leonard Bernstein chose her to star in his musical 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in 1976.

From BBC

In 1949, choreographer Jerome Robbins phoned Leonard Bernstein with an idea for updating “Romeo and Juliet” into a contemporary Broadway musical.

From Los Angeles Times

Leonard was ushered off the dais and out of sight.

From Los Angeles Times

He stressed his investment in Aspiration came well before it made its deal with Leonard, and that he was not involved in that deal.

From Los Angeles Times

Leonard Goldenson, the president of ABC whom Nixon’s aides hounded, had created the network from scratch and was invested in the ideals of independent media.

From Salon