Gulliver

Gulliver

Gulliver can refer to:

In fiction:
*Lemuel Gulliver, the main character of the story "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift
*Gulliver "Gully" Foyle, the lead protagonist in the science fiction novel "The Stars My Destination"
*In the novel "A Clockwork Orange", slang for "head"
*Gulliver, a raven in the story Benjamin The ElephantOther:
*Gulliver, an impact crater on the Martian moon Phobos
*Gulliver (spacecraft) a proposed spacecraft to land on Mars and search for life there. This one was superseded by the Viking project landers of 1976, as was another design called "Voyager".
*(The above are important since the planet Mars is mentioned in "Gilliver's Travels"
*Dorothy Gulliver, an actress
*Isaac Gulliver
*Phil Gulliver
*Trina Gulliver
*Gulliver Preparatory School, a preparatory school in Miami, Florida
*Gulliver, Michigan, a city in the United States


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  • Gulliver — ist der Name von Dorothy Gulliver (1908–1997), US amerikanische Schauspielerin Lemuel Gulliver, Titelheld in Jonathan Swifts Roman Gullivers Reisen Trina Gulliver (* 1969), britische Dartspielerin Diese Seite ist eine …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Gulliver — male proper name, from O.Fr. goulafre glutton, a very common name, found as a surname in Domesday Book (William Gulafra) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Gulliver — m (Gùliver, prema engl.: Gàliver) DEFINICIJA glavni lik znamenitoga Swiftova djela Gulliverova putovanja …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Gulliver — Les Voyages de Gulliver Les Voyages de Gulliver Auteur Jonathan Swift Genre Roman Pays d origine …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Gulliver — n. Lemuel Gulliver, main character of the novel Gulliver s Travels (1726 novel by Jonathan Swift) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Gulliver — noun Date: 1726 an Englishman in Jonathan Swift s satire Gulliver s Travels who makes voyages to the imaginary lands of the Lilliputians, Brobdingnagians, Laputans, and Houyhnhnms …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Gulliver — Gul·li·ver (gŭlʹə vər) n. An Englishman who travels to the imaginary lands of Lilliput, Brobdingnag, and Laputa and the country of the Houyhnhnms in Jonathan Swift s satire Gulliver s Travels (1726). * * * …   Universalium

  • Gulliver — This interesting and ancient surname is one of three variants of Gulliver, which is of Old French origin, and is a nickname which was given to a particularly covetous or acquisitive person. The derivation is from the Old French goulafre , glutton …   Surnames reference

  • Gulliver — ● ►fr sg. np. f. ►ORG Groupe des Utilisateurs de Linux et des Logiciels Libres en Ille et Vilaine et les Environs de Rennes. Héhé... http://www.gulliver.eu.org/ …   Dictionnaire d'informatique francophone

  • GULLIVER —    the hero of Swift s satirical romance entitled Gulliver s Travels, which records his adventures among the pigmies of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, the quacks of Laputa, and the HOUYHNHNMS (q.v.) …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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