ascendancy vs homer

ascendancy

noun
  • A class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century 

  • Supremacy; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant. 

  • A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network, and intended to indicate its ability to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size. 

homer

verb
  • To hit a homer; to hit a home run. 

noun
  • A person who is extremely devoted to a favorite team. 

  • A home run 

  • A former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about equal to 230 L or 6+¹⁄₂ US bushels. 

  • Synonym of cor: approximately the same volume as a liquid measure. 

  • A homing pigeon. 

  • A homing beacon. 

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