Rotary Club

American  

noun

1. a local club of business and professional men that is a member of a world-wide organization of similar clubs Rotary International devoted to serving the community and promoting world peace.

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Rotary Club British  

noun

1. any of the local clubs that form Rotary International , an international association of professional and businessmen founded in the US in 1905 to promote community service

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Example Sentences

There is no memory of democracy on the island, and the totalitarians eliminated civil-society organizations like the Rotary Club and bar association.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

Federal immigration agents had descended on Panchos, a family-owned institution that sponsored girls’ softball teams, hosted Rotary Club meetings, and drew locals for “Ladies Night” and Ohio State football watch parties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

After returning to Northern Ireland, he formed the Coleraine Winemakers Club in the early 1960s, and also went on to become one of the founders of the town's Rotary Club and the Agivey Anglers Association.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2025

“She had a limb straight through, like an 8-foot limb straight through her roof and we were able to pull that out,” Alasdair Roe, a member of the Rotary Club, told WTXL-TV.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2024

Out of courtesy to you and your long and distinguished association with my brother, Judge Thomas Thornboy, and the San Francisco Rotary Club, I am addressing this letter to you in confidence.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko