1. leonid - Noun
2. Leonid - Proper noun
One of the shooting stars which constitute the star shower that recurs near the fourteenth of November at intervals of about thirty-three years; -- so called because these shooting stars appear on the heavens to move in lines directed from the constellation Leo.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe Russians love Brooke Shields because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev. Robin Williams
HBO and I have a deal to at least try to make a television series from the Leonid McGill stories. We're going to start with the first novel, 'The Long Fall.' Walter Mosley
I think the big tragedy of the Cuban Revolution was that it became dependent on the Soviet Union, and it became dependent on the Soviet Union under a very reactionary bureaucratic regime led by Leonid Brezhnev. Tariq Ali
According to officials, the victim identified as Leonid Kadomsky, 37, was outside of his disabled vehicle that was pulled over against the curb on Roosevelt Boulevard when he was struck by Jones. Source: Internet
According to American sovietologist Seweryn Bialer, after Leonid Brezhnev 's accession to power in October 1964, the party considerably expanded its appointment authority. Source: Internet
Aside from Zhukov, only Leonid Brezhnev was a four-time recipient (the latter's were self-awarded). Source: Internet