Otis

American  

[oh-tis] / ˈoʊ tɪs /

noun

1. Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.

2. Harrison Gray, 1837–1917, U.S. army officer and newspaper publisher.

3. James, 1725–83, American lawyer and public official who is supposed to have first used the phrase “Taxation without representation” (brother of Mercy Otis Warren).

4. a male given name.

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Otis

But Ben's other friend Otis, who is 13, is not keen on the idea and feels there is pressure on young people to take protein supplements.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The Black Crowes broke out with a frisky cover of this Otis Redding tune just as hair metal was giving way to grunge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

The lead lawyer for Trump’s petitions to the Supreme Court in the Carroll cases had been Justin Smith, until recently an attorney at the St. Louis, Mo.-based boutique James Otis Law Group.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Otis isn’t a data-center stock and “fits into its own unique bucket,” added Govindaraj.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

And the whole time I was chasing things, I was thinking that Otis must be some kind of snake charmer, the way he could play his guitar and make all the animals turn to stone.

From "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo

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