Ricketts
Proper noun
Meaning
Ricketts
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Examples
The first director of Hopkins didn't get along with him so Ricketts would have to wait until he was out of town to sneak into the library with the help of some sympathetic professor.
After Ricketts' death, the new owner of his lab and a group of friends assembled each Wednesday at the lab for drinks and jazz music.
Between 1930 and 1936, Steinbeck and Ricketts became close friends.
Dolan and his team has been in contact with Two Rivers Public Health Department, Governor Pete Ricketts, raceway sponsors and the ag society to make it possible for races to start up again.
After helping to bankroll the failed effort to stop Trump from capturing the Republican nomination in 2016, the Ricketts family helped to finance a super PAC devoted to helping him win the general election.
In November 2016, Sasha attended her first pregnancy scan, and Ricketts was waiting outside the maternity ward at Poole Hospital.