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

It was not either party but the Democratic-Republican duo of Johnson and Nixon that created the problems of the 1970s economy.

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Sure, and Richard Nixon had nothing to do with Watergate.

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The nation’s largest crime survey, it has been conducted since the Nixon administration.

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Department of Health and Human Services spokesman Andrew Nixon defended the process, saying the surge in autism had occurred under the watch of institutional CDC scientists.

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But by the time Richard Nixon entered office in 1969, impoundments weren’t just about efficiency.

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