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Leroy

American  
[luh-roi, lee-roi] / ləˈrɔɪ, ˈli rɔɪ /
Or LeRoy

noun

  1. a male given name: from Old French, meaning “the king.”


Example Sentences

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“That’s not what Leroy Herdman says,” Charlie told her.

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“Well, they don’t,” Mother said, “and how would Leroy know anyway?”

From Literature

Anyone would, because the Herdmans—Ralph, Imogene, Leroy, Claude, Ollie, and Gladys—were the worst kids in the history of the world.

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“I don’t know what you’re so mad about,” Leroy Herdman said.

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Some of the people he warned away were Herdmans—Imogene and Ralph and Leroy, on their way back with fifty cents for the washing machine.

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