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Eric

[ er-ik ]

/ ˈɛr ɪk /

noun

Eric the Red.

a male given name: ultimately from Germanic words meaning “one” and “ruler.”

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ERIC

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Example sentences from the Web for eric

Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.

The Golden State Preps for the ‘Red Wedding’ of Senate Races |David Freedlander |January 9, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
“They are hypocritical on this very issue,” Shearer said about Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and other public officials.

Harry Shearer on The Dangerous Business of Satire |Lloyd Grove |January 8, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
The protests sparked by the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner have become front page news.

Nazis, Sunscreen, and Sea Gull Eggs: Congress in 2014 Was Hella Productive |Ben Jacobs |December 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
If they really wanted to get revenge they should have gone to Staten Island and found the cops that killed Eric Garner.

Anger at The Cop Killer - And The Police |M.L. Nestel |December 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

“At worst, Eric picked up a garbage can, was told by police to put it down, and did,” his lawyer, Martin Stoler, insisted.

Protesters Slimed This Good Samaritan Cop |Michael Daly |December 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It was the face of a young woman, very pale, but when her eyes met Eric's they filled with dancing laughter.

The Little House in the Fairy Wood |Ethel Cook Eliot
Eric opened his carpet-bag, and took out a little box carefully wrapped up, which he gave to Russell.

Eric, or Little by Little |Frederic W. Farrar
“Oh, thank you, Eric,” said his brother; and the two schoolboys ran out.

Eric, or Little by Little |Frederic W. Farrar
Eric gazed at it till the sobs shook him, and tears blinded his eyes.

Eric, or Little by Little |Frederic W. Farrar
And after that the feast went merrily, till all men were drunk, except Asmund and Eric.

Eric Brighteyes |H. Rider Haggard

British Dictionary definitions for eric

eric

eriach

/ (ˈɛrɪk) /

noun

(in old Irish law) a fine paid by a murderer to the family of his victim Compare wergild

Word Origin for eric

C16: from Irish eiric