Ulysses

[ yoo-lis-eez ]

/ yuˈlɪs iz /

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noun

Classical Mythology. Latin name for Odysseus.

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

a male given name.

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The term “lobbyist” supposedly was coined during the well-corrupted (and well-soaked) presidency of Ulysses S. Grant.
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The reporter, like Ulysses, travels the globe and returns to his people.
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Instead, journalists reached back to an earlier Republican schism from the days of Ulysses S. Grant.
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You made some famous comments some time ago about your dislike of Ulysses.
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Ulysses Grant was a long time ago; today Hillary Clinton is in all but unique situation in our presidential politics.
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If you use it wisely, it may be Ulysses' hauberk; if you reject it, the shirt of Nessus were a cooler winding-sheet!
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The initial syllables of Ulysses and of Rutherford make an inclusion by sound.
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That was after we read about the Cyclopes in the Ulysses story in our encyclopedia.
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In one of the seas where Ulysses sailed was an island known as the Isle of the Sirens.
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British Dictionary definitions for Ulysses

Ulysses

/ (ˈjuːlɪˌsiːz, juːˈlɪsiːz) /

noun

the Latin name of Odysseus

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Ulysses

The Roman name of the Greek hero Odysseus.

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

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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.

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