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Romanoff

ˈroʊməˌnɔf
WordNet
  1. (n) Romanoff
    the Russian imperial line that ruled from 1613 to 1917
  2. (n) Romanoff
    a member of the imperial family that ruled Russia
Usage in the news

Andrew Romanoff has officially gone all-in for his US Senate bid, selling his Washington Park house and loaning his campaign $325,000. denverpost.com

Romanoff Sells House to Fund Campaign, Still Trails Bennet by Millions. theatlantic.com

Democratic Senate challenger Andrew Romanoff raised $619,814 in the 2nd Quarter, according to figures obtained by The Colorado Statesman. coloradostatesman.com

Romanoff Pledges Cooperation With Issa Jobsgate Probe. spectator.org

Pennsylvania Rep Joe Sestak, left, and former Colorado state legislator Andrew Romanoff continued with their primary campaigns, despite pressure from the White House. usatoday.com

Senate Candidate Andrew Romanoff on the Zephyr. kzyr.com

(photo Right: Three generations of Romanoffs: (l-r) Bob, Jessie and Brian. southernjewelrynews.com

Jessie Romanoff started the company, along with her husband Barney, in 1949, and, despite turning 99 in 2009, still works there today.). southernjewelrynews.com

Latest News On The Move Romanoff celebrating 60th anniversary. southernjewelrynews.com

Readers' Choice: Andrew Romanoff . estword.com

Ramblin' Rhodes: Romanoff is great musical storyteller. chronicle.augusta.com

Watch Ed Romanoff perform "I Fall To Pieces" at Rockwood Music Hall in New York City. chronicle.augusta.com

Serving Montgomery County, PA. By JIM ROMANOFF Associated Press. timesherald.com

Former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff inspires local Dems. coloradostatesman.com

Less than a week after President Barack Obama joined a telephone call with Sen Michael Bennet, former President Bill Clinton recorded a telephone appeal for Bennet's challenger, Andrew Romanoff. koaa.com

Usage in literature

I'd cover myself with jewels like the old Romanoffs. "Frances Waldeaux" by Rebecca Harding Davis

Cleggett was like the Romanoffs in his ability to go straight to the point, but he had none of the Romanoff cruelty. "The Cruise of the Jasper B." by Don Marquis

I am sure that the Empress her mother will never allow one of the house of Romanoff to marry with a bourgeois Corsican. "The Dynasts" by Thomas Hardy

Yet the Romanoffs went in the cataclysm, and so, too, did the Gorys. "Gigolo" by Edna Ferber

God in His grace is Protector of the House of Romanoff, to whom a son will assuredly soon be born. "The Minister of Evil" by William Le Queux

He is an aristocrat and a friend of the Romanoffs. "The Book of All-Power" by Edgar Wallace

Founding of the Romanoff, the present, dynasty in Russia, by the accession of Michael II. "The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11" by Various

For your sweet sake I would spare even Alexander Romanoff himself and all his Staff. "The Angel of the Revolution" by George Griffith

And I rely upon it, that you are a faithful servant of the House of Romanoff. "The Intriguers" by William Le Queux

With the accession of the Romanoffs to the throne a new and more promising era began for the Russian woman. "Women of the Teutonic Nations" by Hermann Schoenfeld

Usage in poetry
One finger is raised that counts the czar,
The ghost who beckoned men who come no more-
The czar gone to the winds on God's great dustpan,
The czar a pinch of nothing,
The last of the gibbering Romanoffs.