Otis

[ oh-tis ]

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noun

Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
Harrison Gray, 1837–1917, U.S. army officer and newspaper publisher.
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).
a male given name.

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Times reporter and bestselling author of over a dozen books, including a biography of Otis Chandler, dies after car accident.

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That led to a love of classic soul - Otis Redding, Ray Charles, Etta James - that Kerr says is "imprinted" in his music to this day.

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Cleveland 2, Culver City 1: Otis Bush yielded one hit in five innings for Cleveland.

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District Judge Otis D. Wright II of the Central District of California, who dismissed the suit, saying Grindr was shielded by broad immunity protections passed almost a decade before the plaintiff was born.

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Sophomore pitcher Otis Bush struck out five in three innings.

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