Nixon

[nik-suhn]

noun

1. Richard M(ilhous) 1913–94, 37th president of the U.S., 1969–74 (resigned).

2. his wife Thelma Catherine Ryan Pat, 1912–93, U.S. First Lady 1969–74.

Nixon

/ nɪkˈsəʊnɪən, ˈnɪksən /

noun

1. Richard M ( ilhous ). 1913–94, US Republican politician; 37th president from 1969 until he resigned over the Watergate scandal in 1974

Other Word Forms

• Nixonian adjective

Example Sentences

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan, for example, famously exchanged letters with Mikhail Gorbachev's wife Raisa, and others, such as Pat Nixon and Rosalyn Carter, travelled the world for humanitarian reasons and shuttle diplomacy.

From BBC

Some, like John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, pushed it very hard.

From Salon

Hanks’ character meets three American presidents – John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon – and through digital wizardry that looks terrible now, we watch him treat shaking hands with history as an inconvenience.

From Salon

Only one president, Richard Nixon, is known to have chosen to forego the security offered, in 1985.

From BBC

But then the GOP also seems to like when a president abuses his power as Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H.W.

From Salon