Taft
pronunciation
How to pronounce Taft in British English:
UK [tæft;ta:ft]
How to pronounce Taft in American English:
US [tæft]
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- Noun:
- United States sculptor (1860-1936)
- 27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930)
Word Origin
- Taft
- surname, from a variant of Old English toft "homestead, site of a house."
Example
- 1. That was a job which taft enjoyed .
- 2. His closest competitor for the republican nomination was robert taft .
- 3. Presidents teddy roosevelt and william taft were among those who pretended to listen hard lest he switch his allegiance , and his political contributions , to their opponents .
- 4. Taft became the twenty-seventh president by winning easily over his opponent in 1908 .
- 5. Roosevelt called taft " the most lovable personality " he had ever known .