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Oates  (ōts),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographical Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
  2. Biographical Titus, 1649–1705, English conspirator and Anglican priest: instigator of the Popish Plot scare.

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