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Oates

[ ohts ]

noun

  1. Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
  2. Titus, 1649–1705, English conspirator and Anglican priest: instigator of the Popish Plot scare.


Oates

/ əʊts /

noun

  1. OatesLawrence Edward Grace18801912MEnglishTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer Captain Lawrence Edward Grace . 1880–1912, English explorer. He died on Scott's second Antarctic expedition
  2. OatesTitus16491705MEnglishPOLITICS: conspirator Titus. (ˈtaɪtəs). 1649–1705, English conspirator. He fabricated the Popish Plot (1678), a supposed Catholic conspiracy to kill Charles II, burn London, and massacre Protestants. His perjury caused the execution of many innocent Catholics
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

“I think this will revolutionize the brand,” Averyl Oates, the fashion director at Galeries Lafayette in Paris, also said.

It goes from Rick James and Hall & Oates to A$AP Rocky to Calvin Harris.

Early on, Oates establishes a parity between Cressida and Corporal Kincaid that runs the course of the narrative.

When Oates veers back into the war story, it is regrettable that certain factual inaccuracies become distractions.

Vulture Nirvana, Kiss, Hall and Oates Nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

I read one programme on the subject, by a fellow called Oates, and thought it the most absurd foolery I ever perused.

This was probably in consequence of the excitement following the discovery of Titus Oates's Popish plot.

Of the ‘four Irish ruffians’ that went to Windsor to kill the king, Oates could give no account.

The absurd fictions of Oates and Bedlow are commended to the jury as worthy of implicit credence.

The first who pretended any knowledge of it, or made any disclosure respecting it, was Titus Oates.

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