Oakley
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An American sharpshooter who performed in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
- proper noun
- /ˈoʊkli/
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Annie Oakley
- Annie Oakley amazed everyone with her sharpshooting skills in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- Ms. Oakley
Examples
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In Annie Get Your Gun, Betty Hutton was a big hit... ...as Annie Oakley.
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I declare Miss Annie Oakley winner of this contest.
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This is my deputy, Mr. Oakley.
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I am sure Miss Oakley will favor us with an encore.
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That, Annie Oakley, is what we like to call textbook distribution shots.
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The crowd cheered as Annie Oakley hit every target during the shooting competition.
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In the biography, we learn about Annie Oakley's early life and rise to fame as a markswoman.
Synonyms
Annie Oakley
vsOakley
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A famous American woman who shot targets very well and performed in a travelling show
has the same meaning but uses the shorter surname form
Surface Forms
Oakley main
Etymology
Oakley comes from old English words oak and ley, meaning 'oak' and 'clearing' or 'meadow'. So it began as a place name for a field of oak trees, and Annie Oakley's surname means 'from the oak meadow'.