leonard

Definitions

name

1

A male given name from the Germanic languages.

- - - save the delight of being called "Leo" by those whom the newspapers call "the leading fashionables", whereas, had he stuck to the city, he might still have been called only Leonard, like his father before him.

"You want names, I'll give you names. My name is Leonard Alfred Schneider. What was I doing when I took the name Lenny Bruce? I was moving towards the invisible middle.

2

A surname transferred from the given name.

3

A surname from Irish.

4

A number of places in the United States:

5

A number of places in the United States:

Collocations

5

ADJ.

fat, observed, strange

The fat Leonard waddled slowly down the hallway carrying his heavy briefcase.

VERB + LEONARD

called, couldn't, find, name

I couldn't find Leonard anywhere after he left the office yesterday afternoon.

LEONARD + NOUN

alfred, facebook, lauder, nimoy, schneider

Leonard Nimoy's portrayal of Spock became one of the most iconic characters in television history.

PREP.

on

Leonard on the panel gave a really thoughtful answer about climate change.

ADV.

only

Leonard only arrived at the party after everyone else had already left.

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Example Bank

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- - - save the delight of being called "Leo" by those whom the newspapers call "the leading fashionables", whereas, had he stuck to the city, he might still have been called only Leonard, like his fat

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02

"You want names, I'll give you names. My name is Leonard Alfred Schneider. What was I doing when I took the name Lenny Bruce? I was moving towards the invisible middle.

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03

Yesterday Leonard observed a strange UFO in the sky.

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04

"I couldn't find Leonard on Facebook." "Have you tried Grindr? You're more likely to find that sword swallower there."

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Leonard Nimoy was a native Yiddish speaker.

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Cosmetics company heir and art collector Leonard Lauder is donating his $1 billion Cubist art collection to New York City's famed Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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