Alexander vs Oliver - What's the difference?
alexander | oliver |
, most famously held by (Alexander the Great).
* : Act V, Scene I:
* 1765 Laurence Sterne: Tristram Shandy , Book IV, Chapter 18:
* 1985 , The Accidental Tourist , ISBN 0-7011-2986-7, page 170:
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* : Act I, Scene II:
* 1838 :
* 1991 , Talking It Over , Jonathan Cape, ISBN 0224031570, page 13 :
A town in British Columbia, Canada.
A ghost town in California.
A city in city in Screven County, Georgia.
A CDP in Pennsylvania.
A village in Wisconsin.
As a noun alexander
is alexanders: any of various umbellifers, often specifically or heracleum maximum , the cow parsnip.As a proper noun oliver is
(male given name).alexander
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander , till he find it stopping a bung-hole?
- And for my own part, said my uncle Toby, though I should blush to boast of myself, Trim - yet had my name been Alexander , I could have done no more at Namur than my duty.
- "My son's name is Alexander'," Muriel said. "Did I tell you that? I named him ' Alexander because it sounded high-class.
Derived terms
{{der3, Al , Alec , Aleck , Alex , Alistair , Lex , Sandro , Sandy , Sasha , Xan , Xander}}oliver
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- England all Olivers and Rowlands bred / During the time Edward the Third did reign.
- 'My name is Oliver', sir,' replied the little invalid: with a look of great astonishment. ''''Oliver''',' said Mr. Brownlow; ''''Oliver''' what? '''Oliver''' White, eh?' 'No, sir, Twist, ' Oliver Twist.' 'Queer name!' said the old gentleman. 'What made you tell the magistrate your name was White?'
- And Oliver suits me, don't you find? It rather goes with my dark, dark hair and kissable ivory teeth, my slim waist, my panache and my linen suit with the ineradicable stain of Pinot Noir.
