Gaylord

Gaylord

Gaylord, an anglicisation of the French surname "Gaillard" ("sprightly" or "spry"), may refer to:

People

urname

*Edward K. Gaylord, founder of "The Oklahoman", an Oklahoma City-based newspaper
*Edward Gaylord (Edward L. Gaylord), late owner of "The Oklahoman" and founder of the Gaylord Entertainment Company
*Harvey Gaylord, President of Bell Aerospace
*Mitch Gaylord, Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics
*The Gaylords (American vocal group)
**Ronnie Gaylord, a member of The Gaylords

Given name

*Gaylord DuBois, an American comic writer
*Gaylord Nelson, former U.S. senator from Wisconsin
*Gaylord Perry, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher
*Gailard Sartain, American actor and comic (pronounced Gaylord)

Fictional

*Gaylord Focker, character played by Ben Stiller in "Meet the Parents" and "Meet the Fockers"

Places

In the United States:
*Gaylord, Kansas
*Gaylord, Michigan
*Gaylord, Minnesota
*Gaylord Entertainment Center, the former name of a hockey arena in Nashville, Tennessee, now called Sommet Center
*Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, the football facility of the University of Oklahoma;See also
*Gaylord Hotels (disambiguation), several hotels

Other uses

*The Chicago Gaylords, a street gang in Chicago, Illinois
*Gaylord (container), a standard size of cardboard box used by the packaging industry
*Gaylord Chemical Corporation, a U.S. chemical company
*Gaylord Entertainment Company
*A derogatory term for a homosexual


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  • Gaylord, MI — U.S. city in Michigan Population (2000): 3681 Housing Units (2000): 1773 Land area (2000): 3.946140 sq. miles (10.220456 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.008601 sq. miles (0.022277 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.954741 sq. miles (10.242733 sq. km) FIPS …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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  • Gaylord — m English: from a surname, which is a form, altered by folk etymology, of the Old French nickname Gaillard ‘dandy’. It may sometimes have been chosen as a given name because parents liked the idea of their son s living as a fine lord, but it now… …   First names dictionary

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