Romney

¹

[rom-nee, ruhm-]

noun

1. one of an English breed of hardy sheep, having coarse, long wool.

Romney

²

[rom-nee, ruhm-]

noun

1. George, 1734–1802, English painter.

2. George, 1907–1995, U.S. businessman and politician: governor of Michigan 1963–69.

3. former name of New Romney.

4. a male given name.

Romney

/ ˈrɒmnɪ, ˈrʌm- /

noun

1. George . 1734–1802, English painter, who painted more than 50 portraits of Lady Hamilton in various historical roles

Word History and Origins

Origin of Romney¹

Named after a district in southwestern England

Example Sentences

Her recent votes for president were Mitt Romney in 2012, Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020.

From Los Angeles Times

As former Republican Sen. Mitt Romney explained of his 2024 vote to ban the app, “if you look at the postings on TikTok and the number of mentions of Palestinians, relative to other social media sites — it’s overwhelmingly so among TikTok broadcasts.”

From Salon

During his 2012 run for president, Republican nominee Mitt Romney held a news conference on a dusty parking lot in front of derelict buildings and tried to link Valley Plaza’s decline to President Obama’s economic policies.

From Los Angeles Times

“Maybe if Mitt Romney were president, we could say we’re not going to be political. Right now, everything about this hits different,” Welch said.

From Salon

But the dark joke still resonates: Macmillan and his transatlantic pal Dwight Eisenhower were among the first world leaders to confront the Middle East dilemma by kicking the can down the road, as Mitt Romney didn’t exactly say in 2012.

From Salon