Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Oliver, Joseph Known as "King Oliver.” 1885?-1938. American jazz musician and composer who had a great influence on the style of Louis Armstrong. His Creole Jazz Band was the first Black group to make jazz recordings.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A forge-hammer in which the hammer is fastened upon one end of an arm or handle, the other end of which is attached to an axle. The hammer is worked by the alternate action of a spring that raises the hammer and treadle-mechanism by which the foot of the operator forces the hammer down to deliver its blow.
- n. A young eel.
Wiktionary
- n. A male given name.
- n. A patronymic surname.
- adj. Cockney rhyming slang Drunk, pissed.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete An olive grove.
- n. obsolete An olive tree.
- n. A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot.
WordNet 3.0
- n. United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)
Etymologies
- Old French Olivier, by folk etymology shaped to look like Late Latin olivarius ("olive tree"), but probably representing a West Germanic form of Old Norse Óleifr ("ancestral + relic") (modern Olaf and Olof), or Proto-Germanic *ala- + *wēraz (“true”) (modern Alvar, Álvaro). Name of a paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“= Oliver le Dain = or _Oliver le Diable_, court barber, and favorite minister of Louis XI.”
“CHARACTER ROULETTE SHOWS OLIVER HER CARDS Oliver (Justin Hartley) is drugged and kidnapped by a woman named Victoria AKA Roulette (guest star Steph Song), who tells Oliver that he's involved in a ... spoilertv. blogspot.com 4 days ago - Discuss this episode in our Official Episode Discussion Thread.”
“DC COMICS 'CHARACTER ROULETTE SHOWS OLIVER HER CARDS - Oliver”
“By the way, doesn't Chuck look a little like Cousin Oliver from the Brady Bunch?”
“Also, check out Yip Yop's weblog, where I learned that Cousin Oliver from the Brady Bunch has a rock band!”
“I instantly thought of the name Oliver, after the Charles Dickens orphan.”
Simon & Schuster: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Loving Our Cats
“In addition to Tokyo, Inception working under the title Oliver’s Arrow will also reportedly shoot in Los Angeles, London, Paris, Tangiers and Calgary.”
Christopher Nolan’s Inception Begins Shooting In Tokyo | /Film
“Gordon Gekko's infamous speech in Oliver Stone's 1987 film "Wall Street" came to embody the excesses of 1980s high finance.”
The Washington Post: Greed may not be good for the economy, but envy is worse
“PC: I did The Artful Dodger in Oliver on the West End stage for seven months, and that was fantastic.”
The Huffington Post: Mike Ragogna: Going Back: A Conversation with Phil Collins
“But at least having Oliver be Oliver and not a creepy alien something something works for me, and honestly, works better than having him be the evil Oliver from the mirror universe would have.”
Green Arrow & Black Canary #1 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Oliver’.
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Eels
Words and phrases about eels.
apodal, conger, grig, never served raw, eelpout, eel, eelskin briefcase, eelskin, tribes in Persia ..., sniggling, sniggle, eel spear and 130 more...
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FUN - animated characters of the Angl...
Animated characters from cartoons of the Anglo-Saxon world from the beginnings to this day
Abu, Abby Mallard, Abigail Gabble, Abis Mal, Adella, Agent Wendy Pleakley, Akela, Al the Alligator, Aladar, Aladdin, Alameda Slim, Alana and 987 more...
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Paladin
heroic mot-i(c)ons
el cid, paladin, hero, pahlevan, lifesaver, dickens, bellerophon, abydos, ramachandra, arminius, saga, Arpad and 42 more...
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A Dram Too Many
notanotherjazzpoet had a very promising list which appears to have petered out. Yes, tosspots: descriptions of being drunk. Walk five metres on the white line then leave your suggestions right here.
drunk, guttered, pissed, baked, three sails in th..., smashed, paralytic, out of your tree, hammered, bombed, glazed, blotto and 336 more...
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the beautiful names of creatures
Fletcher, Fiona, Marie, Rosemary, Olivia, Madeleine, Laurence, Olive, Clementine, Seraphine, Ophelia, Louise and 19 more...
Tweets
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hernesheir A young eel. Jan 8, 2013