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Leroy

American  
[luh-roi, lee-roi] / ləˈrɔɪ, ˈli rɔɪ /
Or LeRoy

noun

  1. a male given name: from Old French, meaning “the king.”


Example Sentences

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“Lido Shuffle” appears to have two musical forebears: Fats Domino’s shuffle rhythms and Jim Croce’s “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.”

From The Wall Street Journal

In City's stellar side of 2017-18, Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling would finish games with white paint on their boots after being stationed high and wide.

From BBC

“Narnia” was up against work from David LeRoy Anderson and Lance Anderson for “Cinderella Man” and Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley’s craft on “Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith.”

From Los Angeles Times

It took many years for Hall to discuss her sister’s death publicly; when she did, it happened on her own terms, including interviewing her nephew Leroy Moore on an October 2019 episode of “Tamron Hall” dedicated to Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

From Salon

The actor played Leroy Lahey, the father of the movie’s protagonist, Drayton, played by Noah Beck.

From Los Angeles Times