Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: bolivar
IPA transcription: [b'ɑləvɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Bolivar, Simon_Bolivar, El_Libertador
    Meaning: Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule; founded Bolivia in 1825 (1783-1830)
  • Synonyms: bolivar
    Meaning: the basic unit of money in Venezuela; equal to 100 centimos
Usage examples
  • "Well, anyhow, dear, you have started me thinking, and maybe we'll have Jockobinski at Bolivar Lodge yet," she murmured.
  • Even the coins of the old days were stamped with Bolivar's name and everywhere he is revered as the George Washington of that country.
  • His grandfather had fought in the cause of independence under Bolivar, in that famous English legion which on the battlefield of Carabobo had been saluted by the great Liberator as Saviours of his country.
  • Every member of the smart set in the ten-o'clock mail received a little engraved card stating that owing to sudden illness in the Shadd family the Shadd musicale for that evening would be held at Bolivar Lodge instead of in the Onyx House ballroom.
  • Two days after my bargain with Mr. Harold Van Gilt, in which he acquired possession of the Scrappe jades and Mrs. Van Raffles and I shared the proceeds of the ten thousand dollars check, I was installed at Bolivar Lodge as head-butler and steward, my salary to consist of what I could make out of it on the side, plus ten per cent. of the winnings of my mistress.