Crawford

[ kraw-ferd ]

noun

1. Cheryl, 1902–86, U.S. stage director and producer.
2. Francis Marion, 1854–1909, U.S. novelist, in Italy after 1885.
3. Joan Lucille Fay Le Sueur, 1908?–77, U.S. actress.
4. Thomas, 1813?–57, U.S. sculptor.
5. William Harris, 1772–1834, U.S. political leader: senator 1807–13, secretary of the Treasury 1816–25.

Crawford

/ ˈkrɔːfəd /

noun

1. CrawfordJoan19081977FUSFILMS AND TV: actress Joan , real name Lucille le Sueur . 1908–77, US film actress, who portrayed ambitious women in such films as Mildred Pierce (1945)
2. CrawfordMichael1942MBritishTHEATRE: actor Michael , real name Michael Dumbell Smith . born 1942, British actor and singer, noted for his role in the sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973–78) and performances in West End musicals esp. Barnum (1981) and The Phantom of the Opera (1986)

Example Sentences

Bush, for example, delighted in trips to his ranch in tiny Crawford, Texas.

From Los Angeles Times

Chance Crawford, 6, died Tuesday after prosecutors allege he was brutally beaten with a piece of lumber and tortured by a man who was babysitting him.

From Los Angeles Times

At the time, Bush was vacationing at his ranch in Crawford, Texas.

From Salon

Jan Crawford, a veteran journalist who covers the Supreme Court for CBS News, defended Dokoupil, saying she did not see how the host violated any company policy.

From Los Angeles Times

I had grown up studying supermodels like Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell, amazons with rivers of hair and powerful strides, but right around the time my body changed, so did our beauty ideals.

From Los Angeles Times