Complete Definition of "Oliver"

see|oliver
English

Etymology
OF. term|Olivier|langfro, by folk etymology shaped to look like Late Latin term|olivarius||olive tree|langla, but probably representing a Ger. form of ON. term|�leifr||ancestral + relic|lang=non (modern term|Olaf and term|Olof), or proto|Germanic|all + wer|all + true (modern term|Alvar, term|�lvaro).

Proper noun
en-proper noun

  1. A paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance.
  2. given name|male.
  3. A surname derived from the given name.

Translations
trans-top|male given name
Danish: t-|da|Oliver
French: t-|fr|Olivier
German: t+|de|Oliver
trans-mid
Norwegian: t-|no|Oliver
Swedish: t-|sv|Oliver
trans-bottom

Derived terms
Bath Oliver

Adjective
en-adj

  1. Cockney rhyming slang drunk|Drunk, pissed.

Synonyms
Oliver Twist

Category:Drinking
Category:Surnames


Danish

Proper noun
infl|da|proper noun

  1. given name|male||da:.

Estonian

Proper noun
infl|et|proper noun

  1. given name|male||et:

German

Proper noun
infl|de|proper noun

  1. given name|male||de:.

Norwegian

Proper noun
infl|no|proper noun

  1. given name|male||no:.

Swedish

Proper noun
infl|sv|proper noun

  1. given name|male||sv:

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