Definition of "Oscar"

Oscar¹

/ˈɑs.kɚ/

proper noun
1. A male given name from Irish or Old English.
  Quotations
  My son, though alone, is brave. Oscar is like a beam of the sky: he turns around, and the people fall.
  1765, James Macpherson, The Poems of Ossian, Tauchnitz, published 1847, page 192
  Had a funny first name, like Oscar or maybe - no! I remember now. It was Felix. Felix Tanner.
  2005 Marc Cerasini, etc, Operation Hell Gate, HarperEntertainment, page 134
2. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], a rare anglicization of Mac Oscair (“son of Oscar”) (McCusker).
3. A locale in the United States.
  1. An unincorporated community in Kentucky; named for Kentucky Representative Oscar Turner.
  2. An unincorporated community in Louisiana.
  3. An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for early settler Oscar Bradford.
  4. An unincorporated community in Oklahoma; named for local rancher Oscar W. Seay.
  5. An unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.
  6. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
noun
plural Oscars
1. (informal) An Academy Award.
2. A statuette awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Oscar²

/ˈɑs.kɚ/

noun
uncountable
1. (rhyming slang, Australia, New Zealand) cash; money.