Clinton
- proper noun
- /ˈklɪntən/
- Bill Clinton served as the 42nd President of the United States.
- President Clinton
- Bill Clinton
- Hillary Clinton
When I look at Bill Clinton, all I see is Big Bird.
- When I look at Bill Clinton, all I see is Big Bird.
- I mean, this isn't the Clintons in Haiti, which was bad enough.
- Yeah, the, the name's in there as well, like Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew.
- What's debate night like in the Clinton household?
- They feel that Bill Clinton was a pro social psychopath.
- This November it'll be Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump.
- You know, that's about Hillary Clinton, about Trump.
- Just talk to Martha Stewart, Barry Bonds, Bill Clinton or Kwame Kilpatrick.
- What is the painting with Bill Clinton wearing a dress and red high heels?
- The assumption that women would vote for Clinton to help her break the glass ceiling.
- But in her life and work, Hillary Clinton has been all about responsibility.
Examples
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These documents related to analyses of the Clinton administration's response to terrorist actions.
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But he really hit his stride with the election of Bill Clinton in 1992.
Academic text (2011) -
I remember flying to Washington the day after Clinton announced his health care plan.
Academic text (1999) -
Like when I told them I thought Clinton was gonna win the election.
Fiction book (1999) -
In the United States last October, President Clinton signed into law the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Academic text (1999) -
But even after the war, and after Clinton's term of office, the legacy will remain.
Academic text (1999) -
Overall, annual job growth was the best during the administrations of Presidents Clinton, Carter, and Johnson.
Academic text (2017) -
24 October 1995. U.S. President Bill Clinton and Jiang Zemin met in Washington, D.C.
Academic text (1999) -
Jiang Zemin visited the United States and met with President Clinton in Washington, D.C.
Academic text (1999) -
Hillary Clinton ran for President in the 2016 election.
Compounds
The United States government when Bill Clinton was president from 1993 to 2001
- Offensive
A joking name for CNN that says it supports the Clintons or the Democratic Party
Surface Forms
Etymology
Clinton comes from an old English place name made of clint meaning 'hill' or 'rock' and tun meaning 'town' or 'farm'. So it originally meant 'the town by the hill', and later became a family name, which is why Clinton is the surname of people like Bill and Hillary.