English Dictionary |
RODNEY GEORGE LAVER
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
IPA (US): |
• RODNEY GEORGE LAVER (noun)
The noun RODNEY GEORGE 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: RODNEY GEORGE 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)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear." (English proverb)
"Necessity is the mother of all invention." (Thomas Edison)
"The sun won't stay behind the cloud." (Armenian proverb)
"Too many cooks ruin the food." (Danish proverb)
"Necessity is the mother of all invention." (Thomas Edison)
"The sun won't stay behind the cloud." (Armenian proverb)
"Too many cooks ruin the food." (Danish proverb)