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Rudyard

American  
[ruhd-yerd] / ˈrʌd jərd /

noun

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


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As the most lavish hotel East of Suez, it hosted literary heroes like Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad and Somerset Maugham.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 27, 2025

He took it from Rudyard Kipling, I think.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2025

The action soon kicks off with several flashes of fight scenes as an ominous, rhymic recording of Rudyard Kipling's war poem, Boots, is heard in the background.

From BBC Dec. 10, 2024

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

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