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Orville

Proper noun

Meaning

Orville

A male given name originating as a coinage.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Tired, ashamed, and mortified, I begged to sit down till we returned home, which I did soon after. Lord Orville did me the honour to hand me to the coach, talking all the way of the honour I had done him ! O these fashionable people! Frances Burney

Something I'll always remember - when I was a kid, I shook hands with Orville Wright. Forty years later, I shook hands with Neil Armstrong. The guy that invented the airplane and the guy that walked on the moon. In a lifetime, that's kinda wild when you think about it. Jonathan Winters

If the Wright Brothers were alive today, Orville would have to lay off Wilbur. Robert Crandall

According to some Wright biographers, Wilbur probably did all the gliding until 1902, perhaps to exercise his authority as older brother and to protect Orville from harm as he did not want to have to explain to Bishop Wright if Orville got injured. Source: Internet

A friend visiting Orville in the hospital asked, "Has it got your nerve?" Source: Internet

Adding power First flight of the Wright Flyer I, December 17, 1903, Orville piloting, Wilbur running at wingtip. Source: Internet

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