Roosevelt

[ roh-zuh-velt, -vuh lt, rohz-velt, -vuh lt; spelling pronunciation roo-zuh-velt ]

/ ˈroʊ zəˌvɛlt, -vəlt, ˈroʊz vɛlt, -vəlt; spelling pronunciation ˈru zəˌvɛlt /

noun

(Anna) Eleanor,1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).

Edith Kermit Carow,1861–1948, U.S. First Lady 1901–09 (wife of Theodore Roosevelt).

Franklin Del·a·no

[del-uh-noh] /ˈdɛl əˌnoʊ/, FDR,1882–1945, 32nd president of the U.S. 1933–45.

TheodoreTeddyT.R.,1858–1919, 26th president of the U.S. 1901–09: Nobel Peace Prize 1906.

Rio. Formerly Río da Duvida. a river flowing N from W Brazil to the Madeira River. About 400 miles (645 km) long.

Example sentences from the Web for roosevelt

Fifty years later, the Reagan consensus prevails, it seems to me, more so than Roosevelt consensus.

This Republican Loved Taxes & Modern Art |Scott Porch |November 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It did not prove that Roosevelt was initiating an inevitable alliance against Nazism.

Blood and War: The Hard Truth About ‘Boots on the Ground’ |Clive Irving |September 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Roosevelt knew he lacked the political support at home to openly ally with Britain.

Blood and War: The Hard Truth About ‘Boots on the Ground’ |Clive Irving |September 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In 1959, nearing the end of her life, Roosevelt issued a call to action to the American people.

Channeling Eleanor |Eleanor Clift |September 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Roosevelt had also stood with grace and courage against some of the most searing attacks aimed at anyone in public life.

Channeling Eleanor |Eleanor Clift |September 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
When the national committee overruled the claims of these, Roosevelt denounced their action as "naked theft."

The New Nation |Frederic L. Paxson
Mr. Roosevelt (this was said sub rosa) had not been too Radical, but too frank.

Ten Years Near the German Frontier |Maurice Francis Egan
Wilson's appeal in 1918 was merely an echo of Roosevelt's in 1898.

Woodrow Wilson and the World War |Charles Seymour
Roosevelt said that his book was as dry as an encyclopedia, thus erring in precisely the direction one would not have expected.

Theodore Roosevelt |Henry Cabot Lodge
The important point is that Roosevelt, by his resolute action, had prevented a fight with "six-shooters."

Roosevelt in the Bad Lands |H. Hagedorn.

British Dictionary definitions for roosevelt

Roosevelt

/ (ˈrəʊzəˌvɛlt) /

noun

(Anna) Eleanor . 1884–1962, US writer, diplomat, and advocate of liberal causes: delegate to the United Nations (1945–52)

her husband, Franklin Delano (ˈdɛləˌnəʊ), known as FDR . 1882–1945, 32nd president of the US (1933–45); elected four times. He instituted major reforms (the New Deal) to counter the economic crisis of the 1930s and was a forceful leader during World War II

Theodore . 1858–1919, 26th president of the US (1901–09). A proponent of extending military power, he won for the US the right to build the Panama Canal (1903). He won the Nobel peace prize (1906), for mediating in the Russo-Japanese war

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