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ROD LAVER
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• ROD LAVER (noun)
The noun ROD LAVER has 1 sense:
1. Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938)
Familiarity information: ROD LAVER used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Laver; Rod Laver; Rodney George Laver
Instance hypernyms:
tennis player (an athlete who plays tennis)
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