Ira

¹

[ ahy-ruh ]

noun

1. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”

IRA

²

or I.R.A.

1. individual retirement account.
2. Irish Republican Army.

IRA

abbreviation for

1. Irish Republican Army

Example Sentences

Ira Glass eventually tapped the up-and-comers to be the in-house band for This American Life.

From The Daily Beast

This was the Coltrane “sheets of sound” period (a phrase originated by critic Ira Gitler).

From The Daily Beast

The attempt was hatched in an effort to have a death sentence on an IRA man commuted, the military pensions archives reveal.

From The Daily Beast

He was given an IRA pension for five and a half years service.

From The Daily Beast

Feinstein, no slouch himself in the wunderkind department, began his career at the age of 20, working for Ira Gershwin.

From The Daily Beast

All three of the arrivals sat down at the front, while Ira passed inside and lighted an oil-lamp.

From Project Gutenberg

Go inside, and I reckon Ira can give you some medicine fur that appetite Hank spoke about.

From Project Gutenberg

His hands hung limp at his sides, his head was dropped on his breast; not even a Ira looked more dejected.

From Project Gutenberg

The eight-hour movement drew its inspiration from an economic theory advanced by a self-taught Boston machinist, Ira Steward.

From Project Gutenberg

His faithful Venusians, Ran-los, Ta-ira, and the rest were just on the other side of the three-inch plate of toughened steel.

From Project Gutenberg