oliver wendell holmes

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   United States writer of humorous essays (1809-1894)

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Questions about oliver wendell holmes

What does oliver wendell holmes mean?

oliver wendell holmes means "United States writer of humorous essays (1809-1894)".

What is another word for oliver wendell holmes?

Close synonyms include Holmes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oliver wendell holmes a common word?

oliver wendell holmes is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.