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technically a valet to Bertie Wooster rather than a butler, from the Jeeves stories by P. G. Wodehouse, adapted for UK television as Jeeves and Wooster, and inspiration for the name of the Internet search engine known as Ask Jeeves.com. 1915: Jeeves: the Colonel's butler from the adventure game Colonel's Bequest: 1989: Jeeves
Wattenberg says one option for old man names is to choose one that's tied to a historical figure, such as Woodrow, after former President Woodrow Wilson, who served from 1913 to 1921. Or research ...
The name comes from his mantra "stick it to the man". When another character claims they've never heard of it, Dewey responds, "You're lucky. Because it's hell." St. Mary's V for Vendetta: A biological weapon engineered and released by the Norsefire party as a means of clandestinely gaining control over their own country.
The Tin Man (1935), voiced by Billy Bletcher ("My name is robot!") from the Roach comedy short of the same name featuring Thelma Todd and Patsy Kelly Jim Ripple's Robots in Loss of Sensation (1935), a film centering around a man who invents inexhaustible robots to replace humans working in factories
Other Indo-European languages name man for his mortality, *mr̥tós meaning ' mortal ', so in Armenian mard, Persian mard, Sanskrit marta and Greek βροτός meaning ' mortal, human '. This is comparable to the Semitic word for ' man ', represented by Arabic insan إنسان (cognate with Hebrew ʼenōš אֱנוֹשׁ), from a root for ...
Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (a.k.a. Hubert Wolfstern, [3] Hubert B. Wolfe + 666 Sr., [4] Hubert Blaine Wolfe+585 Sr., [5] and Hubert Blaine Wolfe+590 Sr., [6] among others, 4 August 1914 – 24 October 1997) was a German-born American typesetter who held the record for the longest personal name ever used.
Wuxia (武俠, literally "martial arts and chivalry") is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although wuxia is traditionally a form of historical fantasy literature, its popularity has caused it to be adapted for such diverse art forms as Chinese opera, manhua, television dramas, films, and video games.
"The Old Man of the Morea" – Theodoros Kolokotronis, military leader of the Greek War of Independence "Old Pap" – Sterling Price, Confederate general "Old Reliable" – William J. Hardee, Confederate general; George H. Thomas, Union general "Old Rock" – Henry L. Benning, Confederate general "Old Stars"-- Ormsby M. Mitchel, Union general