HOMER

homer, home run

(noun) a base hit on which the batter scores a run

Homer

(noun) ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)

Homer, Winslow Homer

(noun) United States painter best known for his seascapes (1836-1910)

homer, kor

(noun) an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs

homer

(verb) hit a home run

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

homer (plural homers)

(historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about equal to 230 L or 6-1/2 US bushels.

(historical units of measure) synonym of cor: approximately the same volume as a liquid measure.

Usage notes

In English, sometimes confounded with the much smaller omer.

Synonyms

• cor, kor

Meronyms

• (dry measure): cab, kab (1/180 homer); omer, issaron (1/100 homer); seah (1/30 homer); ephah (1/10 homer); lethek, lethech (1/2 homer)

• (liquid measure): See cor

Etymology 2

From home.

Noun

homer (plural homers)

(baseball) A four-base hit; a home run

A homing pigeon

(sports) A person who is extremely devoted to his favorite team.

Verb

homer (third-person singular simple present homers, present participle homering, simple past and past participle homered)

(baseball) To hit a homer; to hit a home run.

Synonyms

• hit out of the park, jack

Anagrams

• Roehm

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Homer (countable and uncountable, plural Homers)

Ancient Greek poet; author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

A male given name from Ancient Greek.

A town, the county seat of Banks County, Georgia, United States.

A town, the parish seat of Claiborne Parish parish, Louisiana, United States.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Homer (plural Homers)

A surname.

Anagrams

• Roehm

Source: Wiktionary

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Hom"er, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.

Ho"mer, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: See Hoemother.

Ho"mer, n. Etym: [Heb. khomer.]

Definition: A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts. [Written also chomer, gomer.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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