Ulysses

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Gender Masculine
Usage Roman Mythology, English
Pronounced Pron. /juː.ˈlɪ.siːz/(Latin) /ju.ˈlɪs.iz/(American English) /ˈjuːl.ɪ.siːz/(British English) /juː.ˈlɪs.iːz/(British English)

Meaning & History

Latin form of Odysseus. It was borne by Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), the commander of the Union forces during the American Civil War, who went on to become an American president. Irish author James Joyce used it as the title of his book Ulysses (1922), which loosely parallels Homer's epic the Odyssey.