Neil

American  

[neel] / nil /

noun

1. a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”

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Example Sentences

Neil Simpson and his guide Rob Poth won Great Britain's first medal of the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics with silver in the alpine combined.

From BBC

More fundamentally, the attack on Iran will only reinforce China’s bid for energy self-reliance, said Neil Beveridge, who tracks China’s energy sector at Bernstein Research.

From The Wall Street Journal

It proved a tough day for the British team, after Para-alpine skier Neil Simpson missed out on defending his super G title with his second fourth-place finish of the Games.

From BBC

Its first title, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson’s “Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter,” is expected to be published in May.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fellow British athlete Neil Simpson and his guide and brother Andrew Simpson finished fourth, 2.67 seconds shy of the podium.

From BBC