Homer

English

Proper noun

Homer

1. Greek poet; author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2. A male given name.

Derived terms

• Homeric
• pull a Homer

Proper noun

Homer

1. A surname.

Thesaurus

carrier, carrier pigeon, goal, grand slam, hit, hole, hole in one, home run, homing pigeon, mail car, mail coach, mail packet, mail train, mail truck, mailer, mailplane, packet boat, pigeon post, post boat, post car, post coach, post-horse, post-office car, poster, railway mail car, score, slam, strike, touchdown

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος (homēros, “hostage”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English, an occupational name for a helmet maker, or a variant of Holme.

Translations

Proper noun

the Greek poet

Armenian: Հոմերոս (hy) (Homeros) Old Armenian: Հոմերոս (Homeros) Catalan: Homer (ca) m. Dutch: Homerus (nl) Finnish: Homeros (fi) French: Homère (fr)

Greek: Ὅμηρος (el) (Hómēros) Irish: Hóiméar (ga) m. Italian: Omero (it) Japanese: ホメロス (ja) (homerosu) Russian: Гомер (ru) (Gomér) m. Turkish: Homeros (tr)

A male given name

Armenian: Հոմերոս (hy) (Homeros)

Italian: Omero (it)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος (homēros, “hostage”).

Proper noun

Homer m. 

1. Homer