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Travis

American  
[trav-is] / ˈtræv ɪs /

noun

  1. William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.

  2. a male given name.


Example Sentences

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Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, an international trade-law firm credited with pioneering the first sale tactic in the 1980s, employs former customs officials to help it check the paperwork and detect red flags.

From The Wall Street Journal

Travis County voter registration director Christopher Davis said he hadn’t been contacted and had just learned the county had 97 flagged voters.

From Salon

Travis Ridout, a political science professor at Washington State University, said book tours "give potential candidates a way to campaign without really admitting that they are campaigning."

From Barron's

“This isn’t just a missing person case,” said Travis Harrison, a producer at NewsNation, which has pulled together a hovel of satellites and folding chairs in the prime real estate perpendicular to Guthrie’s address.

From Slate

That day, after what Jos Buttler later described as a "gut feel", Aussie opener Travis Head – the man who cut and pulled him into submission in Adelaide – sent him onto the Kensington Oval roof in an over that cost 22 runs.

From BBC