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
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It is rare to find a policy approach like this, said Patrick Hope, a Democratic state delegate who spearheaded Virginia’s law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Sir Patrick Stewart 'used his stage on behalf of others'
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
McKellen recalled saying, “But Patrick think of your stage career in the UK. Do you really want to risk—getting lost in Hollywood for years and years?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
And there’s a trade for that, according to Patrick Ceresna, founder and chief derivative market strategist at Big Picture Trading.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 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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