Rodgers

American  

[roj-erz] / ˈrɒdʒ ərz /

noun

1. James Charles Jimmie, 1897–1933, U.S. country-and-western singer, guitarist, and composer.

2. Richard, 1902–79, U.S. composer of popular music.

3. William Henry Bill, born 1947, U.S. distance runner.

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Rodgers British  

/ ˈrɒdʒəz /

noun

1. Richard . 1902–79, US composer of musical comedies. He collaborated with the librettist Lorenz Hart on such musicals as A Connecticut Yankee (1927), On Your Toes (1936), and Pal Joey (1940). After Hart's death his librettist was Oscar Hammerstein II. Two of their musicals, Oklahoma! (1943) and South Pacific (1949), received the Pulitzer Prize

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Example Sentences

As we leave the coffee shop and walk through Bed-Stuy, I think of an old Rodgers and Hart song.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

Lady Chief Justice Dame Siobhan Keegan directed that Rodgers will now face a retrial.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Eleven-month-old Lily Rodgers was born in Scotland but has an Austrian passport, which is the nationality of her father, Philipp, 34.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

It’s raining classic musical revivals in Los Angeles, with three shows penned by Rodgers and Hammerstein and Lerner and Loewe poised to run concurrently this spring.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

“Everybody in this town thinks you’re as crazy as Crowder peas, Mr. Loring,” Sue Ellen Rodgers said.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy