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Reagan

Reagan

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A family name often associated with Ronald Reagan, the 40th US president
  • proper noun
  • /ˈreɪɡən/
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  • President Reagan talked about such a scenario in a 1987 address to the United Nations General Assembly.
  • Ronald Reagan
  • President Reagan
  • the Reagan administration

So twice, Nixon and Reagan, Yes, that's exactly right.

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Examples

  • Chief of Staff James Baker says that the Reagan administration has inherited the worst economy in 50 years.

  • There's a reason the Reagan revolution took place.

  • President Reagan was one of those Americans.

  • OK, OK, so Reagan used humor to win people over.

  • ...President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II.

  • The year was 1980, and Ronald Reagan had just been sworn in.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • In the early 1980s, during the Reagan administration, many key sentencing provisions from S. 1 became law.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Steyer: Starting in the 1980s, really under President Reagan, we started deregulating the media industry in the United States.

  • The five living former chief executives Presidents Bush, Reagan, Carter, Ford and Nixon were on hand for the groundbreaking ceremony.

  • President Reagan was known for his optimistic vision for America.

Compounds

The part of the United States government led by President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1989

Surface Forms

Reagan main

Etymology

Reagan as a surname comes from an old Irish family name Ó Riagáin and the personal name Riagán, where ri means 'king' and the ending makes it 'little king'. So when you see Reagan as a last name, remember it originally meant 'little king' and is now a family name many people know from Ronald Reagan.