Complete Definition of "Oscar"

English

Etymology
Gaelic os "deer" + cara "friend" ; resuscitated by James Mcpherson in the Ossian poems; taken up by the royal Bernadotte family of Sweden.

Proper noun
Oscar

  1. given name|male.
  2. A statuette awarded by the w:Academy Award|Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  3. The letter O in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
  4. rfv-sense colloquial|British A male homosexual. {Derived from w:Oscar Wilde|Oscar Wilde.}

See also
Razzie

Category:English proper nouns

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