Oscar Hear it!

Oscar1 definition

Os·car (äs′kər)

noun

a masculine name

Etymology: OE Osgar < os, a god, akin to ON áss (< IE *ansu-, a spirit, demon > Avestan ahura) + gar, a spear

Oscar2 definition

Os·car (äs′kər)

  1. Academy Award
  2. any of the statuettes given to those receiving Academy Awards

Etymology: said to be so named from comment (“He reminds me of my Uncle Oscar”) made by an Academy official on first seeing the statuette

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.