Difference between revisions of "Oliver"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_150056" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_150056" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) An olive tree. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) An olive tree. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) An olive grove. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77457" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77457" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A favourite paladin of Charlemagne's, who, along with Roland, rode by his side, and whose name, along with Roland's, has passed into the phrase, a "Roland for an Oliver," meaning one good masterstroke for another, such as both these knights never failed to deliver. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 18:48, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) An olive tree.
(2): ( n.) A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot.
(3): ( n.) An olive grove.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A favourite paladin of Charlemagne's, who, along with Roland, rode by his side, and whose name, along with Roland's, has passed into the phrase, a "Roland for an Oliver," meaning one good masterstroke for another, such as both these knights never failed to deliver.
