Leonid
Americannoun
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Leonids,
plural
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Leonides
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Leonid
1875–80; < New Latin Leonidēs, equivalent to Latin Leōn- (stem of Leō ) Leo + -idēs -id 1
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Most of those killed and missing were young women born between 2003 and 2008, according to a list of casualties published by the Moscow-backed governor of occupied Lugansk, Leonid Pasechnik.
From Barron's ● May 24, 2026
As he worked his way in closer, Mercader reported to Leonid Eitignon, a Soviet spymaster who “always appeared to be in control. A glass of cognac would last him an entire evening.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
In the early 1980s, however, the leaders of the two superpowers of that time, Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev and President Ronald Reagan, teamed up to drive a knife through that particular fantasy.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2025
Initially overjoyed to find him, they now worry about his health: Leonid has paranoid schizophrenia, managed with medication.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2025
Admiral Leonid Rybalko, bundled in a wool hat and dark greatcoat, asked the submarine commanders to have a seat.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
The 10-year-old kept running out of wreaths and had to ask his father, Leonides Magallonmata, an Army drill sergeant, to return to the truck to get more.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2022
Leonides had a son named Origen, whom he had brought up very carefully, and had taught to get some part of the Bible by heart every day.
From Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation by James Craigie Robertson
I also see a great deal of Epicrates the leading man at Athens, and Leonides, and people of that sort.
From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by W. Warde Fowler
Leonides, the father of Origen, was one of those Christians who had not fled from the persecution.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
Leonides discouraged these questions and speculations, not, it would seem, because he disapproved of them, but because he sensibly thought them premature in so young a child.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
When the Leonids fly across the sky, stargazers know that the comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle is nearby.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2024
They also show up on balmy summer nights, as opposed to the Leonids and Geminids, which arrive in November and December, respectively.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024
The Leonids are so-called because they appear to originate from the constellation Leo.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2023
The Leonids are famous for occasionally producing meteor storms.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
In about thirty-six million-miles, three weeks after the Leonids, Julia Bishop is coming to visit for her Thanksgiving break from school.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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