Yale

[ yeyl ]

noun

1. Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
2. Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, one of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,196 feet (4,327 meters).
3. a male given name.

Example Sentences

After graduating from N.Y.U., he attended Yale Law School, where he was an editor of the law review and graduated with honors.

From New York Times

He did have academic bona fides: a Ph.D. from Yale and experience in university administration, running the tiny Midland University in Nebraska.

From New York Times

Taylor is 73 years old and a graduate of Yale.

From Salon

In 2019, I interrupted private equity emperor Stephen Schwarzman as he addressed several hundred of his and my Yale classmates at our 50th-year reunion dinner under a great white tent on the college's Old Campus.

From Salon

In the way he spoke off-camera, It was easy to imagine how he charmed liberals at Yale Law School — and just as easily, how he could charm his way into veepstakes.

From Salon