Willard

[ wil-erd ]

/ ˈwɪl ərd /

Emma (Hart),1787–1870, U.S. educator and poet.

Frances Elizabeth Caroline,1839–98, U.S. educator, reformer, and author.

Jess,1883–1968, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1915–19.

a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “hardy” and “will.”

Example sentences from the Web for willard

I will now confess that I spent some time in the lobby of the Willard Hotel myself.

Up to a Point: In Defense of Lobbyists |P. J. O’Rourke |October 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And – although we did not go to the Willard Hotel – the subject of lobbyists did come up.

Up to a Point: In Defense of Lobbyists |P. J. O’Rourke |October 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Willard—and his “binders full of women”—alas, remains a mystery.

Inside ‘Mitt,’ Netflix’s All-Access Mitt Romney Documentary |Marlow Stern |January 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I call the chapter “Willard M. Romney and the Truman Show of Bubble Finance.”

David Stockman on ‘The Great Deformation’ and Our Economic Doom |Daniel Gross |April 1, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Willard Mitt Romney stood on the verge of ultimate power as leader of the free world.

Mitt Romney’s Fast Fade After Losing the 2012 Presidential Race |Lauren Ashburn |November 8, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Willard didnt dare prophesy to himself what the outcome would be.

Left Half Harmon |Ralph Henry Barbour
Her meeting with Willard Brockton was, from her point of view, the best possible thing that could have happened.

The Easiest Way |Eugene Walter and Arthur Hornblow
I was grievously disappointed at not finding you at Hastings, where I went first, or here at Willard's.

A War-Time Wooing |Charles King
"I think Eden is the most appropriate name in the world," laughed Willard.

Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 |Lucy Maud Montgomery
She did not want any one, even Willard, to be unhappy to-night.

The Wishing Moon |Louise Elizabeth Dutton