ROOSEVELT

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• ROOSEVELT (noun)
  The noun ROOSEVELT has 3 senses:

1. 32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)

2. wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962)

3. 26th President of the United States; hero of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal was built during his administration

  Familiarity information: ROOSEVELT used as a noun is uncommon.

• ROOSEVELT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

F. D. Roosevelt; FDR; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Franklin Roosevelt; President Franklin Roosevelt; President Roosevelt; Roosevelt

Instance hypernyms:

Chief Executive; President; President of the United States; United States President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)

Derivation:

Rooseveltian (of or relating to or like or in the manner of Franklin Roosevelt)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt; Eleanor Roosevelt; Roosevelt

Instance hypernyms:

diplomat; diplomatist (an official engaged in international negotiations)

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 3

Meaning:

26th President of the United States; hero of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal was built during his administration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

President Roosevelt; President Theodore Roosevelt; Roosevelt; Theodore Roosevelt

Context example:

Theodore Roosevelt said 'Speak softly but carry a big stick'

Instance hypernyms:

Chief Executive; President; President of the United States; United States President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)

 Context examples 

We passed Port Roosevelt, where there was a glimpse of red-belted ocean-going ships, and sped along a cobbled slum lined with the dark, undeserted saloons of the faded gilt nineteen-hundreds.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

His movements—he was on foot all the time—were afterward traced to Port Roosevelt and then to Gad's Hill where he bought a sandwich that he didn't eat and a cup of coffee.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

"I was brought by a woman named Roosevelt," he continued. "Mrs. Claud Roosevelt. Do you know her? I met her somewhere last night. I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)