Patrick
Americannoun
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Saint, a.d. 389?–461?, British missionary and bishop in Ireland: patron saint of Ireland.
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(Curtis) Lester, 1883–1960, Canadian ice-hockey player and manager, in the U.S. after 1926.
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a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “patrician.”
noun
Example Sentences
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Patrick added the colder winter months is going to be the "main problem".
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
For example, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, working for President Richard Nixon at the time, recommended George M. White to be the architect of the Capitol; Nixon liked the idea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“You think something is happening,” said Patrick Nazari, another resident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Patrick Martineau, 69, was among hundreds of residents living on the edge of the forest who had to leave quickly.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
As anthropologist Patrick Wolfe writes, “Land is life—or at least, land is necessary for life.”
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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