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ST. OLAF
• ST. OLAF (noun)
The noun ST. OLAF has 1 sense:
1. King and patron saint of Norway (995-1030)
Familiarity information: ST. OLAF used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
King and patron saint of Norway (995-1030)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Olaf II; Olav II; Saint Olaf; Saint Olav; St. Olaf; St. Olav
Instance hypernyms:
king; male monarch; Rex (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)
saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)
Context examples
An instinct toward his future glory had led him, some months before, to the small Lutheran college of St. Olaf in southern Minnesota.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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