Oliver

[ol-uh-ver]

noun

1. one of the 12 paladins of Charlemagne.

2. Joseph King, 1885?–1938, U.S. cornet player, bandleader, and composer: pioneer in jazz.

3. a male given name.

Oliver

/ ˈɒlɪvə /

noun

1. one of Charlemagne's 12 paladins See also Roland

2. Isaac. ?1556–1617, English portrait miniaturist, born in France: he studied under Hilliard and worked at James I's court

3. Jamie ( Trevor ). born 1975, British chef and presenter of television cookery programmes

4. Joseph, known as King Oliver. 1885–1938, US pioneer jazz cornetist

Example Sentences

Defending the material being treated "sensitively and as a management issue", Sir Oliver said he needed to treat Lord Mandelson "as an employee to whom I owed a duty of care".

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The changes "will be better for parents" and are "fair" to schools too, Ofsted's chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver said following the hearing.

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An actor who was cast by Oliver Stone as President Nixon because - according to Sir Anthony - the director said "you're nuts like Nixon".

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"For me, this is a return to what I love," he says, decades after playing the lead in Oliver! at the London Palladium.

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To this, Oliver sarcastically replies, “No one needs your 17th-century old lady food and outdated social rules.”

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