Reagan

[rey-guhn]

noun

1. Nancy Davis Anne Francis Robbins Davis, 1921–2016, U.S. First Lady 1981–89 (wife of Ronald Reagan).

2. Ronald (Wilson), 1911–2004, 40th president of the U.S. 1981–89.

Reagan

/ ˈreɪɡən /

noun

1. Ronald . 1911–2004, US film actor and Republican statesman: Governor of California (1966–74): 40th president of the US (1981–89)

Example Sentences

Ronald Reagan had nothing to do with the Contras.

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A mysterious infection that weakened its hosts’ immune systems was killing people at a terrifying rate, while the Reagan administration downplayed and openly joked about the disease.

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It was a shared sensibility formed by what we’d already lived through, the theater of our childhood: Thatcher, Reagan, the MX missile.

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The latest shortfall happened Wednesday afternoon when not enough workers showed up at Reagan Washington National Airport’s air-traffic control tower, prompting delays in the nation’s capital.

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While the evangelical followers of Presidents George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan occasionally deployed such apocalyptic language, Bush and Reagan themselves were careful to speak more ecumenically.

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