Raymond
[rey-muh nd]
- Henry Jar·vis [jahr-vis] /ˈdʒɑr vɪs/, 1820–69, U.S. publicist: founder of The New York Times.
- a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “counsel” and “protection.”
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Examples from the Web for raymond
Contemporary Examples
On video, Raymond Santana was smug, boastful, and nonchalant by turns, vividly reenacting who did what during the rape.
Later on, after Raymond Santana had been interrogated about the rape, he was being driven to another precinct.
Raymond Bakker, a software developer and whitehat hacker, has taken the investigation a step further.
Bryan Hurt in Split Images and Raymond Cruz in City Primeval are cops.
He brought me a box of James M. Cain and Raymond Chandler paperbacks, and I said, “Which one should I start with?”
Frances McDormand on 'Olive Kitteridge,' Dropping LSD, and Her Beef With FX's 'Fargo'Marlow Stern
September 3, 2014
Historical Examples
His brother was director of the Vaudeville in partnership with Raymond Deslandes.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
When the alarm was given, Mr. Raymond and his wife were asleep.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
My dear Raymond Stornaway, you mean to say you haven't heard of him?
The Education of Eric LaneStephen McKenna
That Mr. Raymond, Dad's friend, who was visiting us this summer is crazy about the Cape.
Mary-'GustaJoseph C. Lincoln
Raymond Bonheur had gone up as a youth to Paris to study art.
Word Origin and History for raymond
Raymond
masc. proper name, from Old French Raimund, from Frankish *Raginmund "counsel-protection" or "might-protection," from ragin "counsel, might" + mund "hand, protection" (cf. Old High German munt, Old English mund, second element in Edmund, Sigismund, etc.), from PIE *man- "hand" (see manual (adj.)).
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