Richard

¹ American  

[ri-shahrd, ree-shar] / rɪˈʃɑrd, riˈʃar /

noun

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

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Richard ² American  

[rich-erd] / ˈrɪtʃ ərd /

noun

1. a male given name.

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Richard British  

/ 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

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Example Sentences

Judge Richard Leon in Washington granted the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s request to temporarily stop work during its legal fight over the 90,000-square-foot project.

From The Wall Street Journal

“What you have to worry about is forced liquidations of loan portfolios where everyone is selling at once,” said leveraged-finance lawyer Richard Farley.

From The Wall Street Journal

"While our study focused on cichlids, chromosomal inversions aren't unique to them," said co-senior author Professor Richard Durbin, from Cambridge's Department of Genetics.

From Science Daily

“They are applying a blackmail tactic,” said Richard Moncrieff, a regional analyst with the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal

The late Queen was also in the US in 1976 to mark 200 years of American Independence in a country still reeling after the political fall-out of the Watergate scandal and the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

From BBC