Rodney

American  

[rod-nee] / ˈrɒd ni /

noun

1. George Brydges Baron, 1718–92, British admiral.

2. a male given name: an Old English family name, taken from a placename.

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Rodney British  

/ ˈrɒdnɪ /

noun

1. George Brydges , 1st Baron Rodney. 1719–92, English admiral: captured Martinique (1762): defeated the Spanish at Cape St Vincent (1780) and the French under Admiral de Grasse off Dominica (1782), restoring British superiority in the Caribbean

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Rodney

Her roots are closely tied to LA and its history, even working as a community organiser during the violent 1992 riots over police brutality in the beating of Rodney King, who was black.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

“Otherwise she would have remembered Rodney King, she would have remembered 1992, and she would have never put Daryl Gates in her mouth.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

"It's so scary," Rodney says, adding that he's been cutting back on food spending and keeps getting ill in the cold weather.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Rodney Saint-Eloi, another Haitian writer from Montreal, also defended Orelien, telling AFP that "a young man is being publicly assassinated, that's what hurts me the most."

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

In fact, to be honest, my guess was that Chrissie and Rodney had made the whole thing up.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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