Roosevelt
(Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
Edith Kermit Car·ow, [kar-oh] /ˈkær oʊ/ 1861–1948, U.S. First Lady 1901–09 (wife of Theodore Roosevelt).
Franklin Del·a·no [del-uh-noh], /ˈdɛl əˌnoʊ/, "FDR", 1882–1945, 32nd president of the U.S. 1933–45.
Theodore "Teddy"; "T.R.", 1858–1919, 26th president of the U.S. 1901–09: Nobel Peace Prize 1906.
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 [Portuguese ree-ooduh-doo-vee-duh]. /Portuguese ˈri ʊ də ˈdu vi də/.
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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.
Franklin Roosevelt understood that people need direct relief in a crisis | Suzanne Kahn | February 26, 2021 | Washington PostMinimum-wage legislation, Roosevelt argued, was thus “an essential part of economic recovery.”
Despite that it invited controversy from Washington insiders, Roosevelt changed the office of the first lady by ignoring what past first Ladies had done.
The transformation of Eleanor Roosevelt | Terri Schlichenmeyer | February 4, 2021 | Washington BladeThere wasn’t a soul around, and I began to see how Roosevelt may have felt here.
Seeing Big Vistas at Theodore Roosevelt National Park | Emily Pennington | January 21, 2021 | Outside OnlineIn addition, federal officials are seeking to close the 14th Street, Roosevelt and Memorial bridges.
Inauguration Day closures expected to include the Mall, major bridges | Emily Davies, Justin Jouvenal | January 15, 2021 | Washington Post
Starting under Theodore Roosevelt and Howard Taft, embassies headed by career diplomats increased in number.
Churchill said that meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening a bottle of Champagne—and so is reading The Churchill Factor.
Fifty years later, the Reagan consensus prevails, it seems to me, more so than Roosevelt consensus.
One of the earliest ticker-tape parades was for Teddy Roosevelt when he returned from an African safari in 1910.
It’s Time for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans to Get a Parade of Their Own | Michael Daly | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo said President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on March 23, 1933, just before he reached for a cold one.
Hilborne Roosevelt of New York, was the first to introduce these adjustable combination movements.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerRoosevelt was also the pioneer in using electro-pneumatic action here.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerHilborne Roosevelt constructed a number of beautiful organs in this country, beginning his work about the year 1874.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerRoosevelt came, sized up the situation, and made a speech at a big banquet in Nairobi.
In Africa | John T. McCutcheonCuban women excel in charm of mannerism and in their eyes Miss Roosevelt appears unpolished and uncut.
The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for Roosevelt
/ (ˈrəʊzəˌvɛlt) /
(Anna) Eleanor . 1884–1962, US writer, diplomat, and advocate of liberal causes: delegate to the United Nations (1945–52)
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
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
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