Leonid

noun

Le·​o·​nid ˈlē-ə-nid 

plural Leonids or Leonides lē-ˈä-nə-ˌdēz 

: any of the meteors in a meteor shower occurring every year about November 14

Examples of Leonid in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Historian Leonid Marushchak, co-founder of NGO Museum Open for Renovation, has evacuated almost 2 million artifacts — paintings, sculptures and so on — as Russian forces continue to target and desolate museums around the country. —Leah Asmelash, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025

Analyst Leonid Timashev initiated coverage of the biopharmaceutical stock at an outperform rating. —Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025

Under the likes of Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev and Yuri Andropov, the Soviet Union was well-known for its extensive use of propaganda, including the promotion of elite sportspeople like ice hockey star Vladislav Tretiak and soccer goalkeeper Lev Yashin. —Jamie Barton, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025

In 1975, the Russian mathematician Leonid Kantorovich shared the Nobel in economic science for refining a rigorous mathematical theory for the optimum allocation of resources. —Siobhan Roberts, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025

One soldier, Leonid, huddled in the bone-chilling cold. —Erin Banco, Anastasiia Malenko, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025

Cut to President Reagan sporting a cowboy hat and enjoying some shooting practice, using targets emblazoned with the face of Leonid Brezhnev. —Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2025

In 2012, the Russian news service RIA Novosti reported that Leonid Ksanfomaliti, a scientist who worked on the Venera missions, suggested that the photographs showed living objects moving around on the planet's surface. —Ailsa Harvey, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025

Late University of Minnesota faculty members Norman Borlaug and Leonid Hurwicz won the National Medal of Science in 2004 for contributions in plant pathology by Borlaug and in 1990 for economics to Hurwicz. —Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Latin Leon-, Leo; from their appearing to radiate from a point in Leo

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above