Roosevelt

American  

[roh-zuh-velt, -vuhlt, rohz-velt, -vuhlt, roo-zuh-velt] / ˈroʊ zəˌvɛlt, -vəlt, ˈroʊz vɛlt, -vəlt, ˈru zəˌvɛlt /

noun

1. (Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).

2. Edith Kermit Carow, 1861–1948, U.S. First Lady 1901–09 (wife of Theodore Roosevelt).

3. Franklin Delano FDR, 1882–1945, 32nd president of the U.S. 1933–45.

4. Theodore TeddyT.R., 1858–1919, 26th president of the U.S. 1901–09: Nobel Peace Prize 1906.

5. Formerly Río da Duvida.  Rio Roosevelt, a river flowing north from western Brazil to the Madeira River. About 400 miles (645 km) long.

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Roosevelt British  

/ ˈrəʊzəˌvɛlt /

noun

1. ( Anna ) Eleanor . 1884–1962, US writer, diplomat, and advocate of liberal causes: delegate to the United Nations (1945–52)

2. her husband, Franklin Delano (ˈdɛləˌnəʊ), known as FDR . 1882–1945, 32nd president of the US (1933–45); elected four times. He instituted major reforms (the New Deal ) to counter the economic crisis of the 1930s and was a forceful leader during World War II

3. Theodore . 1858–1919, 26th president of the US (1901–09). A proponent of extending military power, he won for the US the right to build the Panama Canal (1903). He won the Nobel peace prize (1906), for mediating in the Russo-Japanese war

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Example Sentences

That is more than any other president in a single calendar year since Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1942.

From Barron's

In the video, Romans’ mother, holding a photo of his father, said that he was a “big union man” and a fan of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

From Salon

His guiding philosophy comes from Theodore Roosevelt, who wrote that credit belongs to "the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood."

From Science Daily

It is remarkable to see Kahn working though his ideas for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park in New York City, a truly unified work of architecture, landscape and art.

From The Wall Street Journal

When Franklin Roosevelt signed the law creating the Federal Housing Administration in 1934, the country’s political class, or most of it, assumed the government could surmount any problem.

From The Wall Street Journal