leroy

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Definition of leroy in English English dictionary

A male given name, a variant spelling of Leroy

A male given name

a variant spelling of Leroy

{i} male first name; family name

Anderson Leroy Robert Leroy Parker LeRoy Ellsworth Harris Leroy Robert Paige

transferred use of the common French surname Leroy since the nineteenth century, for no apparent reason except its transparent meaning, le roi "the king"

Related Terms

Leroy Anderson

born June 29, 1908, Cambridge, Mass., U.S. died May 18, 1975, Woodbury, Conn. U.S. composer of light orchestral music. He studied composition and German and Scandinavian languages at Harvard; fluent in nine languages, he was an army interpreter in two wars. In 1936 he began a long association with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra, and pieces such as "Syncopated Clock," "Sleigh Ride," "Bugler's Holiday," and the Irish Suite became standards

Samuel Leroy Jackson

{i} (born 1948) U.S. film actor (starred in "Pulp Fiction")

Hyphenation

Le·roy

Turkish pronunciation

liroy

Pronunciation

/ˈlēˌroi/ /ˈliːˌrɔɪ/

Etymology

() Transferred from the common French surname Leroy since the nineteenth century, for no apparent reason except its transparent meaning, le roi "the king".