Roderick

American  

[rod-uh-rik, rod-rik] / ˈrɒd ə rɪk, ˈrɒd rɪk /

noun

1. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “glory” and “ruler.”

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Example Sentences

Roderick Conrad and Suvimon Sunakorn rented out a two-bedroom condo in Silver Spring, Md., to avoid selling it at a loss after moving for a new job last year.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Brookmans’ holiday home goes from being a pretty cottage to a “ghastly pile” to “the sort of grim, four-square, red-brick Victorian house you could imagine Roderick Usher living in.”

From The Wall Street Journal

What followed was an unlikely 20-year-long friendship with convicted murderer Roderick Orme, which evolved as the pair exchanged hundreds of letters and emails.

From BBC

Roderick Wong’s $9 billion firm, RTW Investments, gained about 55% in its main biotech hedge fund, a person familiar with its performance said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Roderick Murchison, the president of the Royal Geographical Society, seemed to speak for all Great Britain when he proclaimed, “There appears to be but one wish among the whole of the inhabitants of this country, that the enterprise in which the officers and crew are about to be engaged may be attended with success.”

From Literature