Ronald
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈɹɒ.nəld//
- United States//ˈɹɑ.nəld//
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
proper noun
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A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Future California Assembly Leader Walter Karabian, the student body president in 1959, recalled how Ronald Ziegler and Dwight Chapin—two future Nixon aides—falsely accused him of being a member of a secret society as part of a campaign to make him appear elitist.
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A surname.
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A place in the United States: A township in Ionia County, Michigan.
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A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Beaver Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota.
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A place in the United States: A census-designated place in Kittitas County, Washington.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrek-der.? Proto-Germanic *raginą Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁-t- Proto-Germanic *wulþǭder.? Proto-Indo-European *welH-der. Proto-Indo-European *wélH-dʰe-tider. Proto-Indo-European *we-wólH-dʰe-ti? Proto-Germanic *waldanąder. Proto-Germanic *waldaz Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz Old Norse Rǫgnvaldrder. Scottish Gaelic Raghnallder. ▲ English Reynoldinflu. English Ronald Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Raghnall, itself derived from Old Norse Rǫgnvaldr, from rǫgn (“advice”) + valdr (“power”), later partly merged with the Continental Germanic equivalent Reynold.