Ripley

American  

[rip-lee] / ˈrɪp li /

noun

1. George, 1802–80, U.S. literary critic, author, and social reformer: associated with the founding of Brook Farm.

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Ripley British  

/ ˈrɪplɪ /

noun

1. George . 1802–80, US social reformer and transcendentalist: founder of the Brook Farm experiment in communal living in Massachusetts (1841)

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Example Sentences

This includes 358 employees at its main headquarters located between Denby and Ripley, as well as 43 employees at its warehouse in Derby.

From BBC

As Ellen Ripley, Sigourney Weaver meets the threat with grit and nerve in a situation where there is nowhere to go and no help coming, a performance that helped define the modern action heroine.

From Los Angeles Times

Poppies are at their peak and viewable in and around the Antelope Valley California Poppy Preserve as well as at Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s about monitoring what’s going on in the region and when we start to see transport pick up in the Strait of Hormuz,” said Charlie Ripley, senior investment strategist at Allianz Investment Management, in a phone interview Thursday.

From MarketWatch

“Ladies, you are the lions of New York,” editor George Ripley raved.

From Literature