Roosevelt

[roh-zuh-velt, -vuhlt, rohz-velt, -vuhlt, roo-zuh-velt]

noun

1. (Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).

2. Edith Kermit Carow, 1861–1948, U.S. First Lady 1901–09 (wife of Theodore Roosevelt).

3. Franklin Delano 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. Formerly Río da Duvida. Rio Roosevelt, a river flowing north from western Brazil to the Madeira River. About 400 miles (645 km) long.

Roosevelt

/ ˈrəʊzəˌvɛlt /

noun

1. ( Anna ) Eleanor . 1884–1962, US writer, diplomat, and advocate of liberal causes: delegate to the United Nations (1945–52)

2. 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. 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

Just over a century later, Teddy Roosevelt said of the vice presidency, “I certainly do not want to hold a position of titular dignity and of no earthly practical importance for four years.”

From Salon

Played by Matthew Modine, Bush was a key advisor to Presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry Truman during and after the war.

From Salon

It had few powers with which to set policy, especially with Franklin Roosevelt taking the reins of economic policy in his own hands.

From Los Angeles Times

With the country deep in the throes of a colonial design revival, Roosevelt envisioned a proper colonial garden on the premises.

From Salon

During the Great Depression, the Reconstruction Finance Corp., a Hoover creation that lived well into Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, took preferred shares in numerous impaired banks in return for capital infusions they needed to survive.

From Los Angeles Times