president : Idioms & Phrases


ex-president

  • noun a former president
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executive office of the president

  • noun the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws
    executive branch.
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executive vice president

  • noun a vice president holding executive power
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Lord justice general, ∨ Lord president

  • the highest in rank of the judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland.
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president abraham lincoln

  • noun 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
    Lincoln; President Abraham Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln.
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president adams

  • noun 6th President of the United States; son of John Adams (1767-1848)
    John Quincy Adams; Adams; President Adams.
  • noun 2nd President of the United States (1735-1826)
    John Adams; Adams; President Adams.
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president andrew johnson

  • noun 17th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated; was impeached but acquitted by one vote (1808-1875)
    President Andrew Johnson; Andrew Johnson; Johnson.
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president arthur

  • noun elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
    Chester Alan Arthur; Arthur; Chester A. Arthur.
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president benjamin harrison

  • noun 23rd President of the United States (1833-1901)
    Benjamin Harrison; Harrison; President Benjamin Harrison.
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president buchanan

  • noun 15th President of the United States (1791-1868)
    Buchanan; James Buchanan.
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president bush

  • noun 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)
    Dubya; Dubyuh; Bush; President Bush; George Walker Bush; George W. Bush; George Bush.
  • noun vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924)
    Bush; George H.W. Bush; George Herbert Walker Bush; George Bush.
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president carter

  • noun 39th President of the United States (1924-)
    Jimmy Carter; James Earl Carter; Carter; James Earl Carter Jr..
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president cleveland

  • noun 22nd and 24th President of the United States (1837-1908)
    Stephen Grover Cleveland; Grover Cleveland; Cleveland.
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president clinton

  • noun 42nd President of the United States (1946-)
    Clinton; Bill Clinton; William Jefferson Clinton.
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president coolidge

  • noun elected vice president and succeeded as 30th President of the United States when Harding died in 1923 (1872-1933)
    Coolidge; Calvin Coolidge.
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president eisenhower

  • noun United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961)
    Dwight David Eisenhower; Dwight Eisenhower; Ike; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Eisenhower.
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president fillmore

  • noun elected vice president and became the 13th President of the United States when Zachary Taylor died in office (1800-1874)
    Millard Fillmore; Fillmore.
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president ford

  • noun 38th President of the United States; appointed vice president and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-)
    Gerald Rudolph Ford; Gerald Ford; Gerald R. Ford; Ford.
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president franklin roosevelt

  • noun 32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)
    F. D. Roosevelt; Roosevelt; FDR; President Franklin Roosevelt; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Franklin Roosevelt.
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president garfield

  • noun 20th President of the United States; assassinated by a frustrated office-seeker (1831-1881)
    James Abraham Garfield; Garfield; James A. Garfield; James Garfield.
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president george w. bush

  • noun 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)
    Dubya; Dubyuh; Bush; President Bush; George Walker Bush; George W. Bush; George Bush.
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president grant

  • noun 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
    Ulysses Simpson Grant; Ulysses S. Grant; Grant; Ulysses Grant; Hiram Ulysses Grant.
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president harding

  • noun 29th President of the United States; two of his appointees were involved in the Teapot Dome scandal (1865-1823)
    Warren Gamaliel Harding; Warren Harding; Harding.
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president harrison

  • noun 23rd President of the United States (1833-1901)
    Benjamin Harrison; Harrison; President Benjamin Harrison.
  • noun 9th President of the United States; caught pneumonia during his inauguration and died shortly after (1773-1841)
    President Harrison; Harrison; William Henry Harrison.
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president hayes

  • noun 19th President of the United States; his administration removed federal troops from the South and so ended the Reconstruction Period (1822-1893)
    Rutherford B. Hayes; Rutherford Birchard Hayes; Hayes.
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president hoover

  • noun 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)
    Herbert Hoover; Hoover; Herbert Clark Hoover.
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president jefferson

  • noun 3rd President of the United States; chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore it (1743-1826)
    Jefferson; Thomas Jefferson.
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president john adams

  • noun 2nd President of the United States (1735-1826)
    John Adams; Adams; President Adams.
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president john f. kennedy

  • noun 35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963)
    Jack Kennedy; JFK; Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy; John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
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president john quincy adams

  • noun 6th President of the United States; son of John Adams (1767-1848)
    John Quincy Adams; Adams; President Adams.
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president johnson

  • noun 36th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973)
    Johnson; Lyndon Johnson; Lyndon Baines Johnson; President Johnson; LBJ.
  • noun 17th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated; was impeached but acquitted by one vote (1808-1875)
    President Andrew Johnson; Andrew Johnson; Johnson.
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president kennedy

  • noun 35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963)
    Jack Kennedy; JFK; Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy; John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
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president lincoln

  • noun 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
    Lincoln; President Abraham Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln.
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president lyndon johnson

  • noun 36th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973)
    Johnson; Lyndon Johnson; Lyndon Baines Johnson; President Johnson; LBJ.
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president madison

  • noun 4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill of Rights (1751-1836)
    James Madison; Madison.
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president mckinley

  • noun 25th President of the United States; was assassinated by an anarchist (1843-1901)
    McKinley; William McKinley.
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president monroe

  • noun 5th President of the United States; author of the Monroe Doctrine (1758-1831)
    Monroe; James Monroe.
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president nixon

  • noun vice president under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States; resigned after the Watergate scandal in 1974 (1913-1994)
    Richard M. Nixon; Richard Nixon; Richard Milhous Nixon; Nixon.
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president of the united states

  • noun the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government
    President; President of the United States; Chief Executive.
    • the President likes to jog every morning
  • noun the office of the United States head of state
    President; Chief Executive.
    • a President is elected every four years
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president pierce

  • noun 14th President of the United States (1804-1869)
    Pierce; Franklin Pierce.
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president polk

  • noun 11th President of the United States; his expansionism led to the Mexican War and the annexation of California and much of the southwest (1795-1849)
    James Polk; James K. Polk; Polk; James Knox Polk.
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president reagan

  • noun 40th President of the United States (1911-2004)
    Ronald Wilson Reagan; Reagan; Ronald Reagan.
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president roosevelt

  • noun 32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)
    F. D. Roosevelt; Roosevelt; FDR; President Franklin Roosevelt; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Franklin Roosevelt.
  • noun 26th President of the United States; hero of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal was built during his administration
    Theodore Roosevelt; President Roosevelt; Roosevelt.
    • Theodore Roosevelt said `Speak softly but carry a big stick'" (1858-1919)
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president taft

  • noun 27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930)
    Taft; William Howard Taft.
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president taylor

  • noun 12th President of the United States; died in office (1784-1850)
    Taylor; Zachary Taylor.
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president theodore roosevelt

  • noun 26th President of the United States; hero of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal was built during his administration
    Theodore Roosevelt; President Roosevelt; Roosevelt.
    • Theodore Roosevelt said `Speak softly but carry a big stick'" (1858-1919)
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president truman

  • noun elected vice president in Roosevelt's 4th term; became 33rd President of the United States on Roosevelt's death in 1945 and was elected President in 1948; authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan (1884-1972)
    Harry Truman; Truman; Harry S Truman.
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president tyler

  • noun elected vice president and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died (1790-1862)
    John Tyler; Tyler.
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president van buren

  • noun 8th President of the United States (1782-1862)
    Martin Van Buren; Van Buren.
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president washington

  • noun 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
    Washington; George Washington.
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president william henry harrison

  • noun 9th President of the United States; caught pneumonia during his inauguration and died shortly after (1773-1841)
    President Harrison; Harrison; William Henry Harrison.
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president wilson

  • noun 28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924)
    Wilson; Thomas Woodrow Wilson; Woodrow Wilson.
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presidents' day

  • noun the third Monday in February; commemorates both presidents Lincoln and Washington
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senior vice president

  • noun the ranking vice president in a firm that has more than one
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united states president

  • noun the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government
    President; President of the United States; Chief Executive.
    • the President likes to jog every morning
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Vice president

  • noun an executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances
    V.P..
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  • cf. F. vice-président, an officer next in rank below a president.
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vice president of the united states

  • noun the vice president of the United States who presides over the United States Senate
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