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OLIVER
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Irregular inflected form: oliver
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)
Synonyms:
Joseph Oliver; King Oliver; Oliver
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
jazz musician; jazzman (a musician who plays or composes jazz music)
Context examples:
Mr. Oliver evidently regarded the young clergyman's good birth, old name, and sacred profession as sufficient compensation for the want of fortune.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
“And sound the trumpets!” cried Sir Oliver.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I understood, as by inspiration, the nature of his love for Miss Oliver; I agreed with him that it was but a love of the senses.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
“By my soul! I would rather have a dry death,” quoth Sir Oliver.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"Papa says you never come to see us now," continued Miss Oliver, looking up.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
“Then do not veer,” quoth Sir Oliver hastily.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Indeed! Mr. Oliver pays for two.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
And now, Sir Oliver, as to our dispositions: would it please you that I should order them or will you?
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You tremble and become flushed whenever Miss Oliver enters the schoolroom.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
You may bring my harness from below, said Sir Nigel to his squires, and also, I pray you, bring up Sir Oliver's and we shall don it here.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
