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Oliver

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɑlɪvɚ

Definitions

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
  2. A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot.
  3. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  4. A placename
  5. A number of places in Canada:
  6. A town in British Columbia.
  7. An urban neighborhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
  8. A community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.
  9. A community in Essex County, Ontario.
  10. A number of places in the United States:
  11. An unincorporated community in Scott County, Arkansas.
  12. A ghost town in Yuba County, California.
  13. A tiny city in Screven County, Georgia.
  14. An unincorporated community in Edgar County, Illinois.
  15. An unincorporated community in Whiteside County, Illinois.
  16. An unincorporated community in Posey County, Indiana.
  17. A neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
  18. An unincorporated community in Kimball County, Nebraska.
  19. A census-designated place in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
  20. A village in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
  21. A number of townships, including in Michigan (2), Missouri, Ohio, and Pennsylvania (3), included under Oliver Township.
  22. Synonym of the Moon (“the Earth's moon”).

Equivalents

FrançaisOliverolivier
DeutschOliver
23 more languages
BosanskiOliver
CatalàOliver
ČeštinaOliver
DanskOliver
ΕλληνικάΌλιβερ
SuomiOliver
GaeilgeOilibhéar
HrvatskiOliver
MagyarOlivér
ItalianoOliviero
日本語オリバー
한국어올리버
Latinaolivarius
LatviešuOlivers
Te Reo Māoriōriwa
NederlandsOliver
NorskOliver
РусскийОливер
СрпскиOliver
SvenskaOliver

Examples

“Froyſard, a Countreyman of ours, records, / England all Oliuers and Rowlands breed, / During the time Edward the third did raigne: […]”
“"My name is Oliver, sir," replied the little invalid with a look of great astonishment. "Oliver," said Mr. Brownlow; "Oliver what? Oliver White,—eh?" "No, sir, Twist,—Oliver Twist." "Queer name," said the old gentleman. What made you tell the magistrate your name was White?"”
And Oliver suits me, don't you find? It rather goes with my dark, dark hair and kissable ivory teeth, my slim waist, my panache and my linen suit with the ineradicable stain of Pinot Noir.”
““I appreciate your curiosity,” Oliver answers in hurried monotone without inflection or pauses for punctuation.”
Now Oliver puts his blank nightcap on,¶ And every star its glim is hidingAnd forth to the heath is the scampsman goneHis matchless cherry-black prancer riding;”
The last device, the Oliver, was an innovative alternative to the various forms of small tilt hammers recorded and illustrated by Agricola.”
“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, […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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