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Rodney
[ rod-nee ]
noun
- George Brydg·es [brij, -iz], Baron, 1718–92, British admiral.
- a male given name: an Old English family name, taken from a placename.
Rodney
/ ˈrɒdnɪ /
noun
- RodneyGeorge Brydges, 1st Baron17191792MEnglishMILITARY: admiral George Brydges , 1st Baron Rodney. 1719–92, English admiral: captured Martinique (1762): defeated the Spanish at Cape St Vincent (1780) and the French under Admiral de Grasse off Dominica (1782), restoring British superiority in the Caribbean
Example Sentences
By calculating how the intervening cluster’s gravity alters the path the supernova’s light rays take, Rodney and his colleagues predict that the supernova will appear again in 2037, give or take a couple of years.
“We look for the qualities that are evocative of V.S.O.P Privilege,” explained Hennessy Senior Vice President Rodney Williams.
Los Angeles had been on edge all day with memories of the Rodney King and Watts riots surfacing.
Conditions are worsening and the Rodney King verdict is certainly not the most egregious injustice in our midst.
It happened during the L.A. riots, when anger over the police beating of Rodney King spilled into Koreatown.
Producers Timbaland, Jerome “J-Roc” Harmon and Rodney Jerkins are all at the top of their game working with Jackson.
The Westminster battle begins this morning; Rodney will be chose almost unanimously.
Having been round and talked to everybody and done my best to cheer them up, I met and had a word with Capt. Rodney.
Rodney was bitterly disappointed, for a decisive victory seemed within his grasp.
As Rodney was a tory his distinguished services were peculiarly gratifying to the king and the government.
Rodney headed the poll for Westminster, but Fox secured the second seat, defeating a ministerial candidate.
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