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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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