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Rudyard

American  
[ruhd-yerd] / ˈrʌd yərd /

noun

  1. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “red” and “guarded.”


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Rudyard Kipling was honored at a dinner at the club on April 2, 1898, where guests enjoyed beef fillet and lamb medallions alongside Chateau Mouton Rothschild, 1882 vintage, according to a menu preserved there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

Emergency services were called to Rudyard Lake, near Leek, at about 21:30 GMT on Saturday, after three boys were spotted in the water.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2024

Zygar calls not for cancellation but for reckoning, just as the British have reexamined Rudyard Kipling and other imperialists.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2023

Perhaps you had a 1900 edition of a Rudyard Kipling publication like The Jungle Book, embossed with swastikas on the spine.

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2023

Will told their grandmother about how he first met the children, and how they turned up again with Mr. Rudyard on their heels.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt