Otis
Americannoun
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Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
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Harrison Gray, 1837–1917, U.S. army officer and newspaper publisher.
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James, 1725–83, American lawyer and public official who is supposed to have first used the phrase “Taxation without representation” (brother of Mercy Otis Warren).
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a male given name.
Example Sentences
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Cloverfields, which he still owns, has said in filings that it invests in publicly held companies such as elevator-maker Otis Worldwide.
Even Sheriff Taylor had the occasion to welcome someone worse than Otis the town drunk into the Mayberry jail.
From Los Angeles Times
Aussie guitar duo Royel Otis show up to our interview looking artfully crumpled, beers in hand - but all is not quite what it seems.
From BBC
He also received an honorary degree from Otis College of Art and Design in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times
District Judge Otis Wright II in Los Angeles refused to block the laws on the grounds they “regulate commercial speech,” which gets less protection under the 1st Amendment.
From Los Angeles Times
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