I. Gar ‧ field /ˈɡɑːfiːld $ ˈɡɑːr-/ BrE AmE
the main character in a humorous ↑ cartoon strip (=a set of drawings that tell a story) that appears in hundreds of US newspapers and some British ones every day. Garfield is a cat, and there are many Garfield books and toys on sale, especially a toy cat which people stick on their car windows.
II. Garfield, James BrE AmE
(1831–1881) the twentieth president of the US, in 1881. He was shot by a mentally ill man and died two months later.