Ulysses

[ yoo-lis-eez; also British yoo-luh-seez ]

/ yuˈlɪs iz; also British ˈyu ləˌsiz /

noun

Latin name for Odysseus.

(italics) a psychological novel (1922) by James Joyce.

a male given name.

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Examples from the Web for ulysses

The term “lobbyist” supposedly was coined during the well-corrupted (and well-soaked) presidency of Ulysses S. Grant.
Up to a Point: In Defense of Lobbyists|P. J. O’Rourke|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The reporter, like Ulysses, travels the globe and returns to his people.
Slaves In A Family's Past Haunt The Present|Michael Signer|August 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead, journalists reached back to an earlier Republican schism from the days of Ulysses S. Grant.
The GOP’s Last Identity Crisis Remade U.S. Politics|Michael Wolraich|July 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You made some famous comments some time ago about your dislike of Ulysses.
The Prodigious Roddy Doyle Is the Celtic Tiger of Irish Literature|Allen Barra|March 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Ulysses Grant was a long time ago; today Hillary Clinton is in all but unique situation in our presidential politics.
Yes, Pundits, Hillary Has the 2016 Nomination in the Bag|Robert Shrum|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And yet, how could he soften and melt even a soldier of Ulysses with the mercy of God.
George Whitefield|Joseph Belcher
Suddenly Ulysses saw the tall figure of Athene was standing by his side.
The Adventures of Ulysses the Wanderer|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
Ulysses had in mind his own experience in this account, and he adapts it to the time and place.
Homer's Odyssey|Denton J. Snider
A modern steamship might have borne Ulysses to Hades,—but it would never have brought him back, as his own ship did.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 4, No. 23, September, 1859|Various
He would have been as reluctant to break Parliament as Ulysses the bow which he alone could bend.
Henry VIII.|A. F. Pollard

British Dictionary definitions for ulysses

Ulysses

/ (ˈjuːlɪˌsiːz, juːˈlɪsiːz) /

noun

the Latin name of Odysseus

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Culture definitions for ulysses

Ulysses

The Roman name of the Greek hero Odysseus.

Note

In the Aeneid of Virgil, which was written in Latin, Odysseus is called Ulysses.

Note

The Irish author James Joyce adopted the name for the title of his masterpiece of the early twentieth century, which is, in part, a retelling of the myth of Odysseus.