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Laver

Laver

1 8.3
An Australian tennis player who won all four major tournaments in one year twice
  • proper noun
  • /ˈleɪvər/
: Rod Laver
  • Rod Laver was the second man in history to win all four Grand Slam singles titles in a single year.

Examples

  • * G. Laver, "Influenza Drug Could Abort a Pandemic," Nature 434 (7035) (2005): 821.

    Academic text (2012)

  • I have to remove Laver from the discussion for being the obvious choice.

    Blog text (8)

  • You could be a poet with the racket like Laver was.

    Match Point (2005)

  • Laver and Schofield, Multiparty Government.

    Academic text (2013)

  • His 11 slams are tied with Rod Laver and trail only Pete Sampras (14) and Federer (16).

    Blog text (24)

  • Similarly, Laver's seduction principle illustrates modesty as "a check on the impulse to self-aggrandizement" and fashion as "the exploitation of immodesty" (8, 97).

    Academic text (2014)

  • Many tennis fans regard Laver as one of the greatest players of all time due to his remarkable achievements.

  • In 1969, Laver made history by winning his second calendar-year Grand Slam.

Synonyms

Rodney George Laver
vsLaver
6.2

An Australian tennis player who won the four major singles titles in one year twice

is the shorter, commonly used form of the full personal name

Compounds

red laver
8.8

Thin dark red seaweed people eat in East Asian cooking, often as sushi sheets

Surface Forms

Laver main

Etymology

Laver is an old family name that comes from the Latin lavare, which means 'to wash', and it has the same root as lavatory. Today Laver is best known as the surname of the great tennis player Rod Laver, so when you hear Laver think of the man even though the name once meant 'washer'.