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From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  homer
     alt.
     1 (lb en historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of dry
  volume, about equal to 230(nbsp)L or (frac 6 1 2)(nbsp)US(nbsp)bushels.
     2 (lb en historical units of measure) (syn of en cor nodot=a):
  approximately the same volume as a liquid measure.
     n.
     1 (lb en historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of dry
  volume, about equal to 230(nbsp)L or (frac 6 1 2)(nbsp)US(nbsp)bushels.
     2 (lb en historical units of measure) (syn of en cor nodot=a):
  approximately the same volume as a liquid measure.
     n.
     1 (lb en US baseball) A  home run
     2 (lb en US colloquial) (syn of en home run  sexual intercourse)
     3 (lb en US) A homing pigeon.
     4 (lb en US sports) A person who is extremely devoted to a favorite
  team.
     5 A homing beacon.
     vb.
     (lb en US baseball) To hit a #Etymology 2; to hit a home run.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Homer
     n.
     1 Ancient Greek poet; author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
     2 (given name en male from=Ancient Greek).
     3 (place en town/county seat co/Banks County s/Georgia c/USA).
     4 (place en town/parish seat par/Claiborne Parish s/Louisiana c/USA).
     n.
     (surname en from=Middle English).

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