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Theodoric

American  
[thee-od-uh-rik] / θiˈɒd ə rɪk /

noun

  1. a.d. 454?–526, king of the Ostrogoths and founder of the Ostrogothic monarchy in Italy: ruler of Italy 493–526.


Theodoric British  
/ θɪˈɒdərɪk /

noun

  1. called the Great. ?454–526 ad , king of the Ostrogoths and founder of the Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy after his murder of Odoacer (493)

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“Medieval Barber Theodoric of York”: This is tough, because I’ve been watching “SNL” since I was 10 in 1977.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 4, 2024

Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Theodoric Meyer contributed to this report.

From Washington Post Dec. 9, 2022

In Tuesday's Washington Post morning political newsletter, Jacqueline Alemany and Theodoric Meyer report that Congress is grappling with whether Jordan may have immunity from a subpoena due to the Speech and Debate Clause.

From Salon Jan. 12, 2022

Theodoric presided over a few decades of prosperity, restoring peace to the Italian peninsula and joining together with other Gothic territories to the west.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2020

Aristotle had denied that the colour yellow is really present in the rainbow, and had identified only three colours; Theodoric insisted that yellow was a fourth colour in the rainbow.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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