Definitions for Reagan
ˈreɪ gənrea·gan

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Ronald Wilson Reagan, President Reagannoun

   40th President of the United States (1911-2004)

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1. Reagannoun

   Of the administration of Ronald Reagan, U.S. President in 1981-1989.

2. Reagannoun

   of American usage since the 1970s.

3. Reagannoun

   Of the administration of Ronald Reagan, U.S. President from 1981–1989.

4. Reagannoun

   A surname.

5. Reagannoun

   A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.

6. Reagannoun

   A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later American usage.

7. Etymology: Anglicized from Gaelic Ó Riagáin "descendant of Riagán", a personal name possibly derived from ríodhgach "impulsive, furious".

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1. Reagan

   Ronald Wilson Reagan ( RAY-gən; February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician, union leader, and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Before ascending to the presidency, he previously served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and was the president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1947 to 1952 and from 1959 until 1960. Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois. He graduated from Eureka College in 1932 and began to work as a sports announcer in Iowa. In 1937, Reagan moved to California, where he found work as a film actor. From 1947 to 1952, Reagan served as the president of the Screen Actors Guild. In the 1950s, he worked in television and became a spokesman for General Electric. From 1959 to 1960, he again served as the Screen Actors Guild's president. In 1964, Reagan's speech "A Time for Choosing" earned him attention as a new conservative figure. He was elected governor of California in 1966. During his governorship, he raised taxes, turned the state budget deficit into a surplus, and cracked down on student protests at the University of California, Berkeley. In the 1976 Republican presidential primaries, Reagan challenged and nearly defeated sitting president Gerald Ford. Reagan won the Republican nomination in the 1980 presidential election and went on to defeat incumbent Democratic president Jimmy Carter. Early in his presidency, Reagan implemented "Reaganomics", which promoted economic deregulation and cuts in both taxes and government spending during a period of stagflation. He escalated an arms race with the Soviet Union and transitioned Cold War policy from détente to rollback. He also survived an assassination attempt, fought public sector labor unions, spurred the war on drugs, and ordered an invasion of Grenada. In the 1984 presidential election, Reagan defeated former vice president Walter Mondale in a landslide victory. Foreign affairs dominated Reagan's second term, including the bombing of Libya, the Iran–Iraq War, the Iran–Contra affair, and a more conciliatory approach in talks with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The talks culminated in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Throughout Reagan's presidency, the American economy saw a significant reduction of inflation, the unemployment rate fell, and the United States entered its then-longest peacetime expansion. His cuts in domestic discretionary spending and taxes, as well as increased military spending, contributed to a near tripling of the federal debt. After leaving the presidency in 1989, Alzheimer's disease hindered Reagan's physical and mental capacities. He died at his home in Los Angeles in 2004. His tenure constituted the Reagan era, and he is often considered a prominent conservative figure in the United States. Evaluations of his presidency among historians and scholars tend to place him among the upper tier of American presidents.

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1. Reagan

   Reagan is an unincorporated town in Jackson Township, Clinton County, Indiana.

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1. REAGAN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Reagan is ranked #2207 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Reagan surname appeared 16,491 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 6 would have the surname Reagan.
   
   92% or 15,180 total occurrences were White.
   2.5% or 421 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.5% or 412 total occurrences were Black.
   1.6% or 275 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 112 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.5% or 89 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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1. • President Of The United States

How to pronounce Reagan?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Reagan in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Reagan in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Reagan in a Sentence

1. Dan Gainor:

   Now, Hollywood's bitter left-wingers are trying to rewrite history by discrediting a man greater than any of them can ever hope to be, liberals have never been able to come to grips that Reagan won election and was both incredibly popular and successful. They blame him for all of what they consider the ills of the current world, including making America strong and ending the communist Soviet Union.

2. Barbara Ehrenreich:

   Heads of state are notoriously ill prepared for their mature careers; think of Adolf Hitler (landscape painter), Ho Chi Minh (seaman), and our own Ronald Reagan.

3. P. J. O'Rourke:

   Smoking cigarettes seems to alarm peace activists much more than voting for Reagan does.

4. Lindsey Graham:

   Unless there's something coming out of left field I don't see coming, it's his nomination if he wants it, the Republican base appreciated him. We don't appreciate all the things he does sometimes. But from a policy point of view, he was the most successful president from a conservative's point of view sinceRonald Reagan.

5. Ursula K. Le Guin:

   Public speaking is done in the public tongue, the national or tribal language; and the language of our tribe is the men's language. Of course women learn it. We're not dumb. If you can tell Margaret Thatcher from Ronald Reagan, or Indira Gandhi from General Somoza, by anything they say, tell me how. This is a man's world, so it talks a man's language.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Reagan
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reagan
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reagan
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Reagan
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html