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homer

 [hoh-mer]   Origin

hom·er

1   [hoh-mer]
noun
1.
Baseball. home run.
2.
homing pigeon.
verb (used without object)
3.
Baseball. to hit a home run: The catcher homered in the ninth with one on to take the game.

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Origin:
1865–70; home + -er1
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ho·mer

2   [hoh-mer]
noun
a hebrew unit of capacity equal to ten baths in liquid measure or ten ephahs in dry measure.
Also called kor.

Origin:
1525–35; < Hebrew ḥōmer literally, heap

Ho·mer

   [hoh-mer]
noun
1.
9th-century b.c., Greek epic poet: reputed author of the Iliad and Odyssey.
2.
Winslow, 1836–1910, U.S. painter and illustrator.
3.
a male given name.
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World English Dictionary
homer (ˈhəʊmə)
 
—n
1.  another word for homing pigeon
2.  (US), (Canadian) an informal word for home run

Homer (ˈhəʊmə)
 
—n
1.  c. 800 bc, Greek poet to whom are attributed the Iliad and the Odyssey. Almost nothing is known of him, but it is thought that he was born on the island of Chios and was blind
2.  Winslow. 1836--1910, US painter, noted for his seascapes and scenes of working life

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Word Origin & History

Homer
name of the supposed author of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey," from L. Homerus, from Gk. Homeros. The name first occurs in a fragment of Hesiod. It is identical to Gk. homeros "hostage."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Cultural Dictionary

Homer definition


An ancient Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He has often been considered the greatest and most influential of all poets. According to tradition, Homer was blind.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary

homer definition

[ˈhomɚ]
  1. n.
    a home run in baseball. : Wilbur hit one homer after another.
  2. tv. & in.
    to hit a home run. : Wilbur homered another one and brought in two runs with him.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Bible Dictionary

Homer definition


heap, the largest of dry measures, containing about 8 bushels or 1 quarter English = 10 ephahs (Lev. 27:16; Num. 11:32) = a COR. (See OMER.) "Half a homer," a grain measure mentioned only in Hos. 3:2.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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