Nixon

[nik-suhn]

noun

1. Richard M(ilhous) 1913–94, 37th president of the U.S., 1969–74 (resigned).

2. his wife Thelma Catherine Ryan Pat, 1912–93, U.S. First Lady 1969–74.

Nixon

/ nɪkˈsəʊnɪən, ˈnɪksən /

noun

1. Richard M ( ilhous ). 1913–94, US Republican politician; 37th president from 1969 until he resigned over the Watergate scandal in 1974

Other Word Forms

• Nixonian adjective

Example Sentences

Eleven days later, Richard Nixon arrived in China to see if Mao Zedong was up for a thaw.

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Webb decided to begin his investigation after seeing the 2006 play Frost/Nixon, about another famous television interview between David Frost and former US president Richard Nixon.

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“We are updating the CDC’s website to reflect gold standard, evidence-based science,” HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon said.

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Wotus was first drafted in the Nixon administration to give the feds power to regulate pollutants in obvious “navigable waters” like the Hudson River.

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Nixon later said of television, “It’s a shame a man has to use gimmicks like this to get elected.”

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