Rodgers

American  

[roj-erz] / ˈrɒdʒ ərz /

noun

1. James Charles Jimmie, 1897–1933, U.S. country-and-western singer, guitarist, and composer.

2. Richard, 1902–79, U.S. composer of popular music.

3. William Henry Bill, born 1947, U.S. distance runner.

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Rodgers British  

/ ˈrɒdʒəz /

noun

1. Richard . 1902–79, US composer of musical comedies. He collaborated with the librettist Lorenz Hart on such musicals as A Connecticut Yankee (1927), On Your Toes (1936), and Pal Joey (1940). After Hart's death his librettist was Oscar Hammerstein II. Two of their musicals, Oklahoma! (1943) and South Pacific (1949), received the Pulitzer Prize

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Example Sentences

As we leave the coffee shop and walk through Bed-Stuy, I think of an old Rodgers and Hart song.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

When he got the emergency call to replace Rodgers, O'Neill had been out of management for more than six years.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Lady Chief Justice Dame Siobhan Keegan directed that Rodgers will now face a retrial.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Just like Rodgers and Hammerstein, they were sensitive to their current moment and sought to use art to guide their peers through it, Silber said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

In 1995, I met Dr. Marilyn Harran, a professor and the founding director of the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education at Chapman University in Orange, California.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson