Theodoric

American

[thee-od-uh-rik] / θiˈɒd ə rɪk /

noun

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

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

Camila DeChalus and Theodoric Meyer contributed to this report.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2023

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

In 493, Odoacer was deposed and killed by a different Ostrogothic king, Theodoric, but the link with Constantinople remained intact.

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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