Roosevelt

[ roh-zuh-velt, -vuhlt, rohz-velt, -vuhlt; spelling pronunciation roo-zuh-velt ]

noun

1. (Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
2. Edith Kermit Car·ow, [kar, -oh] 1861–1948, U.S. First Lady 1901–09 (wife of Theodore Roosevelt).
3. Franklin Del·a·no [del, -, uh, -noh], FDR, 1882–1945, 32nd president of the U.S. 1933–45.
4. Theodore TeddyT.R., 1858–1919, 26th president of the U.S. 1901–09: Nobel Peace Prize 1906.
5. Rio Roosevelt, a river flowing north from western Brazil to the Madeira River. About 400 miles (645 km) long. Formerly Rí·o da Du·vi·da [ree, -, oo, d, uh, , doo, -vee-d, uh].

Roosevelt

/ ˈrəʊzəˌvɛlt /

noun

1. Roosevelt(Anna) Eleanor18841962FUSWRITING: writerPOLITICS: diplomat ( Anna ) Eleanor . 1884–1962, US writer, diplomat, and advocate of liberal causes: delegate to the United Nations (1945–52)
2. RooseveltFranklin Delano18821945MUSPOLITICS: head of state her husband, Franklin Delano (ˈdɛləˌnəʊ), known as FDR . 1882–1945, 32nd president of the US (1933–45); elected four times. He instituted major reforms (the New Deal ) to counter the economic crisis of the 1930s and was a forceful leader during World War II
3. RooseveltTheodore18581919MUSPOLITICS: head of state Theodore . 1858–1919, 26th president of the US (1901–09). A proponent of extending military power, he won for the US the right to build the Panama Canal (1903). He won the Nobel peace prize (1906), for mediating in the Russo-Japanese war

Example Sentences

The new Roosevelt administration had ambitions to restructure the economy, but it also knew that a key first step was immediate relief to struggling Americans.

From Washington Post

Minimum-wage legislation, Roosevelt argued, was thus “an essential part of economic recovery.”

From Washington Post

Despite that it invited controversy from Washington insiders, Roosevelt changed the office of the first lady by ignoring what past first Ladies had done.

From Washington Blade

There wasn’t a soul around, and I began to see how Roosevelt may have felt here.

From Outside Online

In addition, federal officials are seeking to close the 14th Street, Roosevelt and Memorial bridges.

From Washington Post

Starting under Theodore Roosevelt and Howard Taft, embassies headed by career diplomats increased in number.

From The Daily Beast

Churchill said that meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening a bottle of Champagne—and so is reading The Churchill Factor.

From The Daily Beast

Fifty years later, the Reagan consensus prevails, it seems to me, more so than Roosevelt consensus.

From The Daily Beast

One of the earliest ticker-tape parades was for Teddy Roosevelt when he returned from an African safari in 1910.

From The Daily Beast

So said President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on March 23, 1933, just before he reached for a cold one.

From The Daily Beast

Hilborne Roosevelt of New York, was the first to introduce these adjustable combination movements.

From Project Gutenberg

Roosevelt was also the pioneer in using electro-pneumatic action here.

From Project Gutenberg

Hilborne Roosevelt constructed a number of beautiful organs in this country, beginning his work about the year 1874.

From Project Gutenberg

Roosevelt came, sized up the situation, and made a speech at a big banquet in Nairobi.

From Project Gutenberg

Cuban women excel in charm of mannerism and in their eyes Miss Roosevelt appears unpolished and uncut.

From Project Gutenberg