Homer
pronunciation
How to pronounce Homer in British English:
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How to pronounce Homer in American English:
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- Noun:
- a base hit on which the batter scores a run
- an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs
- pigeon trained to return home
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- Verb:
- hit a home run
Word Origin
- Homer
- name of the supposed author of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey," from Latin Homerus, from Greek Homeros. The name first occurs in a fragment of Hesiod. It is identical to Greek homeros "hostage," also "blind" (connecting notion is "going with a companion").
- homer (n.)
- short for home run, from 1884. As a verb, from 1946. Related: Homered; homering.
Example
- 1. Homer , his clueless father , is unmoved .
- 2. In the odyssey homer unflatteringly compares odysseus to a fat sausage .
- 3. Why rewrite homer , I thought , when you can re-read the original ?
- 4. And homer , western civilization 's most influential writer , gives us his answer to that question .
- 5. But human nature remains unchanged , from the time of herodotus to homer simpson .