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Oliver

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A favourite paladin of Charlemagne's, who, along with Roland, rode by his side, and whose name, along with Roland's, has passed into the phrase, a "Roland for an Oliver," meaning one good masterstroke for another, such as both these knights never failed to deliver.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Oliver'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​o/oliver.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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