English Explanatory Dictionary

gulliver

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. one's head.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. The main character in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.
  3. A suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡʌlɪvə(ɹ)/ En-au-gulliver.ogg

Word forms

gulliver gullivers Gulliford

Etymology

From Russian голова́ (golová, “head; mind, brains”). Probably initially popularized by the Russian-influenced argot spoken by characters in the 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. Spelling influenced by Gulliver.

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