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Definition of Oscar
1. Noun. An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance.
Definition of Oscar
1. Proper noun. (Irish male given name). ¹
2. Proper noun. The letter ''O'' in the ICAO spelling alphabet. ¹
3. Noun. A statuette awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oscar
Literary usage of Oscar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Representative British Dramas: Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"oscar Wilde, under the same pernicious influences, succumbed to the mood which
was not a new creation in literature, but which was a direct reflection of ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"If oscar did not actively assist the Opposition on this occasion, ... Most of
the legislation during oscar I.'s reign aimed at improving the economic ..."
3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1882)
"Besides original poetic works of much grace and beauty, King oscar has made fine
trans- PRINCE EU'GESK NAPOLEON NICOLAUS, ..."
4. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1892)
"TRIBUTES TO oscar C. McCULLOCH. ADDRESS OF ISABEL C. BARROWS. In the last Year
Book of Plymouth Church, Indianapolis, on the page where the name of the ..."
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