Meaning of Oliver | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Equivalents

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 hiding,¶ And forth to the heath is the scampsman gone,¶ His 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, […]”

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