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Kennedy

Kennedy

3.7
The 35th US president from 1961 to 1963 who started the Peace Corps and was killed in Dallas
  • proper noun
  • /ˈkɛnədi/
translation icon : John F. Kennedy
  • And President Kennedy said, ask not what your country can do for you.
  • John F. Kennedy
  • President Kennedy
  • the Kennedy administration

Then it switched and Kennedy sent troops into the South.

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Examples

  • President Kennedy inspired many young Americans to serve in the Peace Corps.

  • All the people here favor the deposing of President Kennedy for a period of thirty days.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • President Kennedy was a white man.

  • Now President Kennedy has started an even more ambitious space program.

  • And it was Miss Jaffe who told the class that President Kennedy had been shot.

  • You know, in '62, you said that you would fight for Kennedy's dream no matter what.

  • And it was that cold during John F Kennedy's inauguration.

  • We've fast forwarded to LBJ, stealing his first race in Texas, John F Kennedy.

  • After the assassination of Kennedy, the nation mourned the loss of its leader.

  • In his inaugural address, Kennedy famously urged citizens to ask what they could do for their country.

Synonyms

JFK
vsKennedy
142 3.2

The 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy

is the short surname form rather than initials
Jack Kennedy
vsKennedy
  • Informal
1 3.4

A common informal name people use for John F Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States

is the formal surname used in public or official contexts
2.8

The 35th President of the United States who started the Peace Corps and was killed in Dallas

is the shorter surname form used in general references

Compounds

1 4.3

A sandy point on Florida's east coast where NASA launches rockets

A large airport in Queens in New York City that handles domestic and international flights

A major airport on Long Island near New York City where planes arrive and leave

An international airport in Queens, New York that handles many flights to and from other countries

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Kennedy comes from an old Irish name; the part ceann means 'head' and the rest suggests 'helmet', so the name originally meant 'helmeted head'. That's why the same family name became the name of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States.