Frederick

[ fred-rik, -er-ik ]

noun

1. a city in central Maryland.
2. Also Frederic. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “peace” and “ruler.”

Example Sentences

The potential lane configuration north of I-370 to Frederick is part of a future study, and those toll rate ranges would be decided separately, said the Maryland Transportation Authority’s Sharpless.

From Washington Post

The state is seeking four HOT lanes — two in each direction — on the Beltway between the Virginia side of the American Legion Bridge and the I-270 spur and then up I-270 to I-70 in Frederick.

From Washington Post

We’ll need to watch another band developing between Hagerstown and Frederick, which may dip back into Montgomery County and northern Virginia later this afternoon.

From Washington Post

Mark Steven Williams, 64, of Frederick, was riding on the back of the truck when the crash occurred around noon on Ira Sears Road in the Adamstown area, the sheriff’s office said.

From Washington Post

North of Interstate 70, from Frederick to Baltimore, chances of additional accumulation on Monday and Monday night increase sharply.

From Washington Post

Waters was inspired by the case of Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters in 1922.

From The Daily Beast

The Chambre Syndicale de La Couture was first developed by the British couturier Charles Frederick Worth and his sons in 1868.

From The Daily Beast

That woman, an island hero, Betto Douglas, may have been a relative of the famous American abolitionist, Frederick Douglass.

From The Daily Beast

There were Frederick Douglass in Baltimore, P.S. 91 in Brooklyn, McDonough 35 in New Orleans, and so very many others.

From The Daily Beast

In The Embrace of Unreason, Frederick Brown weaves a warning for America from the story of the divided French.

From The Daily Beast

At one fell swoop on the field of Jena, the famed military monarchy of the great Frederick fell in pieces like a potter's vessel.

From Project Gutenberg

Frederick Spanheim died; a noted divinity professor at Leyden, and a voluminous writer.

From Project Gutenberg

Frederick the Great and Napoleon both loved and used large quantities of the "pungent dust."

From Project Gutenberg

Frederick, embarrassed, thought his sister was carrying the jest too far.

From Project Gutenberg

Prominent among the rulers of the earth who have acknowledged the pleasing influence of snuff is Frederick the Great.

From Project Gutenberg