Richard

¹

[rich-erd]

noun

1. a male given name.

Richard

²

[ri-shahrd, ree-shar]

noun

1. Maurice Rocket, 1921–2000, Canadian hockey player.

Richard

/ ˈrɪtʃəd /

noun

1. Sir Cliff , real name Harry Rodger Webb . born 1940, British pop singer. Film musicals include The Young Ones (1961) and Summer Holiday (1962)

2. Maurice , known as Rocket . (1921–2000); Canadian ice hockey player

Example Sentences

Eleven days later, Richard Nixon arrived in China to see if Mao Zedong was up for a thaw.

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This, the near-canonical translation, is from Richard Crawley’s 1874 edition.

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At 18, Ms. Vaill writes, Richard “may have started to resemble his uncle Alexander Hamilton” more than he did his father, a likeness that would also “express itself strikingly in Richard’s son.”

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"We told Max this morning," England defence coach Richard Wigglesworth told BBC 5 Live.

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My hips froze, and I limped around our small apartment like Al Pacino playing Richard the III. Our dog, raised in a country house, barked like a banshee at every door closing in the apartment complex, driving us and our neighbors insane.

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