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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Example Sentences

We witness this in the sizzling images of Tory Burch shoes pounding the hot Los Angeles pavement and in the sportswear designs that Otis students worked on for months, the results literally glowing and electric.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

“There’s a lot more that’s going to come,” says Neil Green, chief digital officer of Otis Worldwide, the Connecticut-based company founded by Elisha Otis and now one of the largest elevator manufacturers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Spice and seasoning maker McCormick, web-hosting company GoDaddy, elevator company Otis Worldwide, water technology pure-play Veralto, and fintech provider Broadridge Financial Solutions also recorded their worst ever quarters.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Amaral studies complex social systems and serves as the Erastus Otis Haven Professor and professor of engineering sciences and applied mathematics at Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

“Otis never would have solved that one as fast as you did. But then again, Otis always said he was allergic to numbers.”

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman