Richard

¹

[ri-shahrd, ree-shar]

noun

1. Maurice Rocket, 1921–2000, Canadian hockey player.

Richard

²

[rich-erd]

noun

1. a male given name.

Richard

/ ˈrɪtʃəd /

noun

1. Sir Cliff , real name Harry Rodger Webb . born 1940, British pop singer. Film musicals include The Young Ones (1961) and Summer Holiday (1962)

2. Maurice , known as Rocket . (1921–2000); Canadian ice hockey player

Example Sentences

The group’s sweet spot arrived in the second half of the 1960s, when they polished their Southern Californian folk-rock with studio savvy, creating hits — “Happy Together,” “She’d Rather Be With Me,” “Elenore” and “You Showed Me” — that appealed to mainstream listeners — they were the favorite band of Richard Nixon’s daughter Tricia, even playing the White House in 1970 — while winking at hipper audiences.

From Los Angeles Times

CSI Sports / Fight Sports co-founders Richard and Craig Miele predicted in a news release that the fight would be bigger than Tyson’s record-setting bout with Jake Paul last November.

From Los Angeles Times

In the run-up to the 1972 general election, President Richard Nixon exerted enormous pressure on Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns to make monetary policies that were deleterious to the national economy but favorable to Nixon’s political prospects.

From Slate

Richard Tice told the BBC on Friday that: "The manifesto in July 2024 is not appropriate for a manifesto, or a contract, whenever the next general election is."

From BBC

She married Richard Grey after her son Matthew’s death and continued her good work with the community’s hospital throughout the episodes.

From Los Angeles Times