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Oscar
proper noun
(
given name, male
).
A statuette awarded by the
w:Academy Award, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The letter
O
in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
(
rfv-sense
) (
colloquial, British
) A male homosexual. {Derived from w:Oscar Wilde, Oscar Wilde.}
Etymology:
Gaelic
os
"deer" +
cara
"friend" ; resuscitated by James Mcpherson in the Ossian poems; taken up by the royal Bernadotte family of Sweden.
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