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Oscar

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A trademark for an award presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for excellence in the creation and production of movies.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun A male given name.
  • proper noun The letter O in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
  • noun A statuette awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  • noun The letter O in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance

Etymologies

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Irish Osgar, from os ("deer") + cara ("friend") ; resuscitated by James Mcpherson in The Works of Ossian (1765). Napoleon, an admirer of the Ossianic poems, chose it for his godson Oscar Bernadotte, who became a king of Sweden. It can also be explained by Old English ōs ("god") and gār ("spear") (see Oswald, Osborn, Oswid, Osric, Oslak).

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hypernyms (5)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. accolade
  2. award
  3. honor
  4. honour
  5. laurels

same context (13)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. Blvd.
  2. Juno
  3. P.M.
  4. everyother
  5. first-place
  6. four-time
  7. foxwood
  8. frederator
  9. rsenal
  10. square-backed
  11. swag
  12. tapestry-covered
  13. wicker

forms (1)

Forms

  1. Oscar the Grouch

cross-references (1)

Cross-references

  1. Academy Awards

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