"Homer" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈhəʊmə/ [UK], /ˈhoʊməɹ/ [US] Forms: Homers [plural]
Etymology: From Latin Homērus, from Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος (Hómēros). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|Homērus}} Latin Homērus, {{der|en|grc|Ὅμηρος}} Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος (Hómēros) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Homer (countable and uncountable, plural Homers)
  1. Ancient Greek poet; author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Individuals
    Sense id: en-Homer-en-name-INH1lyHH Disambiguation of Individuals: 20 15 14 14 20 17
  2. A male given name from Ancient Greek. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names, Individuals Translations (A male given name): Հոմերոս (Homeros) (Armenian), Omer (French), Homero [masculine] (Galician), Omero [masculine] (Italian), होमर (homar) [masculine] (Marathi), Homero [masculine] (Portuguese), Homero [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Homer-en-name-wCWXTMUP Disambiguation of Individuals: 20 15 14 14 20 17 Disambiguation of 'A male given name': 1 95 1 1 1
  3. A town, the county seat of Banks County, Georgia, United States. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Individuals Categories (place): Places in Georgia, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Georgia, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Homer-en-name-CLt0FxRx Disambiguation of Individuals: 20 15 14 14 20 17 Categories (other): County seats of Georgia, USA
  4. A town, the parish seat of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Individuals Categories (place): Parish seats of Louisiana, USA, Places in Louisiana, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Louisiana, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Homer-en-name-OQp9e1PT Disambiguation of Individuals: 20 15 14 14 20 17
  5. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Homer Township. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Individuals Categories (place): Places in the United States, Townships Derived forms: even Homer nods, Homeric, pull a Homer
    Sense id: en-Homer-en-name-0RWS4VZA Disambiguation of Individuals: 20 15 14 14 20 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Ancient Greek poet): Ὅμηρος (Hómēros) (Ancient Greek), ⁧هُومِيرُوس⁩ (humirus) [masculine] (Arabic), Հոմերոս (Homeros) (Armenian), Гаме́р (Hamjér) [masculine] (Belarusian), О́мир (Ómir) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Homer [masculine] (Catalan), 荷馬 (Chinese Mandarin), 荷马 (Hémǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), Homér [masculine] (Czech), Homerus (Dutch), Homero (Esperanto), Homeros (Finnish), Homère [masculine] (French), Homero [masculine] (Galician), Homer [masculine] (German), Όμηρος (Ómiros) (Greek), Hómer [masculine] (Icelandic), Hóiméar [masculine] (Irish), Omero [masculine] (Italian), ホメロス (Homerosu) (Japanese), 호메로스 (Homeroseu) (Korean), Homērus [masculine] (Latin), Omeru [masculine] (Maltese), होमर (homar) [masculine] (Marathi), Հոմերոս (Homeros) (Old Armenian), Homero [masculine] (Portuguese), Гоме́р (Gomɛ́r) [masculine] (Russian), Homero [masculine] (Spanish), Homeros (Swedish), Homeros (Turkish)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'Ancient Greek poet': 44 45 4 4 4

Proper name

IPA: /ˈhəʊmə/ [UK], /ˈhoʊməɹ/ [US] Forms: Homers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], an occupational name for a helmet maker, or a variant of Holme. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm}} Middle English [Term?] Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Homer (plural Homers)
  1. A surname from Middle English. Categories (topical): Individuals
    Sense id: en-Homer-en-name-Bz4-slhQ Disambiguation of Individuals: 20 15 14 14 20 17 Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "Gomɛ́r",
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        "en:Towns in the United States"
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        "en:Places in the United States",
        "en:Towns in Louisiana, USA",
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        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhoʊməɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "humirus",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧هُومِيرُوس⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Homeros",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "word": "Հոմերոս"
    },
    {
      "code": "xcl",
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      "roman": "Homeros",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "word": "Հոմերոս"
    },
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      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Hamjér",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Гаме́р"
    },
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Ómir",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "О́мир"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Homer"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "word": "荷馬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Hémǎ",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "word": "荷马"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Homér"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "word": "Homerus"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "word": "Homero"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "word": "Homeros"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Homère"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Homero"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Homer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Ómiros",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "word": "Όμηρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Hómēros",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "word": "Ὅμηρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hómer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hóiméar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Omero"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Homerosu",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "word": "ホメロス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Homeroseu",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "word": "호메로스"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Homērus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Omeru"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "homar",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "होमर"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Homero"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Gomɛ́r",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Гоме́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Homero"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "word": "Homeros"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek poet",
      "word": "Homeros"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Homeros",
      "sense": "A male given name",
      "word": "Հոմերոս"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "A male given name",
      "word": "Omer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "A male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Homero"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "A male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Omero"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "homar",
      "sense": "A male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "होमर"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "A male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Homero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "A male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Homero"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "English surnames",
        "English surnames from Middle English"
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        "A surname from Middle English."
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    {
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        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/ˈhoʊməɹ/",
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        "US"
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}

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