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Oliver
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- 1 Drunk, pissed. Cockney, slang
- 1 A male given name from the Germanic languages. countable, uncountable
"Froyſard, a Countreyman of ours, records, / England all Oliuers and Rowlands breed, / During the time Edward the third did raigne: […]"
- 2 A surname originating as a patronymic. countable, uncountable
"“I appreciate your curiosity,” Oliver answers in hurried monotone without inflection or pauses for punctuation."
- 3 A placename; A number of places in Canada:; A town in British Columbia. countable, uncountable
- 4 A placename; A number of places in Canada:; An urban neighborhood of Edmonton, Alberta. countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename; A number of places in Canada:; A community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A placename; A number of places in Canada:; A community in Essex County, Ontario. countable, uncountable
- 7 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Scott County, Arkansas. countable, uncountable
- 8 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Yuba County, California. countable, uncountable
- 9 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A tiny city in Screven County, Georgia. countable, uncountable
- 10 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Edgar County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
- 11 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Whiteside County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
- 12 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Posey County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
- 13 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. countable, uncountable
- 14 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Kimball County, Nebraska. countable, uncountable
- 15 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
- 16 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A village in Douglas County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 17 A placename; A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships, including in Michigan (2), Missouri, Ohio, and Pennsylvania (3), included under Oliver Township. countable, uncountable
- 18 A placename; Synonym of the Moon (“the Earth's moon”). countable, dated, slang, uncountable
"Now Oliver puts his blank nightcap on,¶ And every star its glim is hiding,¶ And forth to the heath is the scampsman gone,¶ His matchless cherry-black prancer riding;"
- 19 Alternative form of oliver. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
"The last device, the Oliver, was an innovative alternative to the various forms of small tilt hammers recorded and illustrated by Agricola."
- 1 A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot. archaic, rare
"I hear, with the song that she sings me in lullaby tones, / The noise of the nailshops, the ringing of hammers, the groans / Of deep-heaving bellows, the "oliver's" thud on the die, […]"
Etymology
From Middle English Oliver, from Old French Olivier, by folk etymology derived from the Latin name Olīvārius, but probably representing an Old High German form of Old Norse Óleifr (“ancestral + relic”) (modern Danish Olaf and Swedish Olof), or Proto-Germanic *ala- (“all”) + *wēraz (“true”) (modern Swedish allvar). Name of a paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance.
From Middle English Oliver, from Old French Olivier, by folk etymology derived from the Latin name Olīvārius, but probably representing an Old High German form of Old Norse Óleifr (“ancestral + relic”) (modern Danish Olaf and Swedish Olof), or Proto-Germanic *ala- (“all”) + *wēraz (“true”) (modern Swedish allvar). Name of a paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance.
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