Oates

[ ohts ]

/ oʊts /

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noun

Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

Titus, 1649–1705, English conspirator and Anglican priest: instigator of the Popish Plot scare.

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How to use Oates in a sentence

“I think this will revolutionize the brand,” Averyl Oates, the fashion director at Galeries Lafayette in Paris, also said.
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It goes from Rick James and Hall & Oates to A$AP Rocky to Calvin Harris.
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Early on, Oates establishes a parity between Cressida and Corporal Kincaid that runs the course of the narrative.
Can Joyce Carol Oates Write a War Novel?|Elliot Ackerman|January 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When Oates veers back into the war story, it is regrettable that certain factual inaccuracies become distractions.
Can Joyce Carol Oates Write a War Novel?|Elliot Ackerman|January 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Vulture Nirvana, Kiss, Hall and Oates Nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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I read one programme on the subject, by a fellow called Oates, and thought it the most absurd foolery I ever perused.
Peveril of the Peak|Sir Walter Scott
This was probably in consequence of the excitement following the discovery of Titus Oates's Popish plot.
Notes and Queries for Worcestershire|John Noake
Of the ‘four Irish ruffians’ that went to Windsor to kill the king, Oates could give no account.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844|Various
The absurd fictions of Oates and Bedlow are commended to the jury as worthy of implicit credence.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844|Various
The first who pretended any knowledge of it, or made any disclosure respecting it, was Titus Oates.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Oates

Oates

/ (əʊts) /

noun

Captain Lawrence Edward Grace . 1880–1912, English explorer. He died on Scott's second Antarctic expedition

Titus. (ˈtaɪtəs). 1649–1705, English conspirator. He fabricated the Popish Plot (1678), a supposed Catholic conspiracy to kill Charles II, burn London, and massacre Protestants. His perjury caused the execution of many innocent Catholics

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