OLIVIER

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• OLIVIER (noun)
  The noun OLIVIER has 1 sense:

1. English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989)

  Familiarity information: OLIVIER used as a noun is very rare.

• OLIVIER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Baron Olivier of Birghton; Laurence Olivier; Olivier; Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier

Instance hypernyms:

actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)

 Context examples 

On the other side were the veteran Captal de Buch and the brawny Olivier de Clisson, with the free companion Sir Perducas d'Albret, the valiant Lord of Mucident, and Sigismond von Altenstadt, of the Teutonic Order.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Located in the COSMOS field in the constellation of Sextans (The Sextant), Hyperion was identified by analysing the vast amount of data obtained from the VIMOS Ultra-deep Survey led by Olivier Le Fèvre (Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, CNES).

(Largest Galaxy Proto-Supercluster Found, ESO)