Oliver Definition
äləvər
noun
One of Charlemagne's twelve peers, a friend of Roland.
Webster's New World
(archaic, rare) A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot.
Wiktionary
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Wiktionary
A masculine name.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- Joseph Oliver
- King Oliver
pronoun
A male given name.
Wiktionary
Origin of Oliver
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Old French Olivier, by folk etymology shaped to look like Late Latin olivarius (“olive tree"), but probably representing a West Germanic form of Old Norse Óleifr (“ancestral + relic") (modern Olaf and Olof), or Proto-Germanic *ala- + *wÄ“raz (“true") (modern Alvar, Álvaro). Name of a paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance.
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