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Roosevelt   /rˈoʊzəvˌɛlt/  /rˈuzəvˌɛlt/   Listen
Roosevelt

noun
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).  Synonyms: F. D. Roosevelt, FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, President Franklin Roosevelt, President Roosevelt.
2.
Wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962).  Synonyms: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt.
3.
26th President of the United States; hero of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal was built during his administration.  Synonyms: President Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt.



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"Roosevelt" Quotes from Famous Books



... family of the late Colonel Roosevelt began to promote a Brazil coffee-house enterprise in New York in 1919. It was first called Cafe Paulista, but it is now known as the Double R coffee house, or Club of South America, with a Brazil branch in the 40's and an Argentine branch on Lexington Avenue. Coffee ...
— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers

... disease which was cured by T. Roosevelt, Esquire, when he invented an idea for the purpose of giving nursemaids steady employment. ...
— The Silly Syclopedia • Noah Lott

... Sarah quoted ex-President Roosevelt: "'Tis time for the man with the patch to come forward and the man with the dollar to step back,'" and added, "Never mind, Mary, your Ralph is such an industrious, hustling young man that he will never need a patch to step forward, I prophesy that with such a helpmeet and 'Haus ...
— Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit - among the "Pennsylvania Germans" • Edith M. Thomas

... CHAPTER EIGHT Meeting Colonel Roosevelt in the Uttermost Outpost of Semi-Civilization. He Talks of Many Things, Hears that he has Been Reported Dead, and Promptly Plans ...
— In Africa - Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country • John T. McCutcheon

... 1873), brought out in pamphlet form by the Ornithologists' Union and since (perforce) referred to as his 'first book.' In the height of the gold rush he set out for the Black Hills, to return East broke and to write The Claim Jumpers and The Westerners. He followed Roosevelt into Africa, The Land of Footprints and of Simba. He has, more recently, seen service in France as a Major in the U. S. Field Artillery. Though (certainly) no Ishmael, he has for years been a wanderer upon the face of the earth, observant ...
— When Winter Comes to Main Street • Grant Martin Overton


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