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Elvis

proper nounnouncommon in dialogue

  • //ˈɛlvɪs//

A male given name.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A male given name.

  2. 2

    Elvis Presley (1935–1977), a popular American rock-and-roll singer.

Etymology

From the anglicisation of the Irish name of Saint Ailbe (Saint Elvis), also known as Saint Eilfyw or Eilfw. Ultimate origin is uncertain.

noun

  1. 1

    An impersonator of Elvis Presley.

  2. 2

    An Elvis operator.

Forms

plural
Elvises, Elvii
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).