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Definition of Rogue

1. Noun. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.

Definition of Rogue

1. n. A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.

2. v. i. To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.

3. v. t. To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.

Definition of Rogue

1. Noun. A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person. ¹

2. Noun. A mischievous scamp. ¹

3. Noun. A vagrant. ¹

4. Noun. Deceitful software pretending to be anti-spyware, but in fact being malicious software itself. ¹

5. Noun. An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant. ¹

6. Noun. A plant that shows some undesirable variation. ¹

7. Adjective. (context: of an animal, especially an elephant) Vicious and solitary. ¹

8. Adjective. (context: by extension) Large, destructive and unpredictable. ¹

9. Adjective. (context: by extension) Deceitful, unprincipled. ¹

10. Verb. (context: horticulture) To cull; to destroy plants not meeting a required standard. Especially when saving seed, rogue or unwanted plants are removed before pollination. ¹

11. Verb. (obsolete) To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rogue

1. to defraud [v ROGUED, ROGUEING or ROGUING, ROGUES] - See also: defraud

Medical Definition of Rogue

1. 1. A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp. The phrase rogues and vagabonds is applied to a large class of wandering, disorderly, or dissolute persons. They were formerly punished by being whipped and having the gristle of the right ear bored with a hot iron. 2. A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat. "The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise." (Pope) 3. One who is pleasantly mischievous or frolicsome; hence, often used as a term of endearment. "Ah, you sweet little rogue, you!" (Shak) 4. An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about alone, in which state it is very savage. 5. A worthless plant occuring among seedlings of some choice variety. Rogues' gallery, a collection of portraits of rogues or criminals, for the use of the police authorities. Rogue's march, derisive music performed in driving away a person under popular indignation or official sentence, as when a soldier is drummed out of a regiment. Rogue's yarn, yarn of a different twist and colour from the rest, inserted into the cordage of the British navy, to identify it if stolen, or for the purpose of tracing the maker in case of defect. Different makers are required to use yarns of different colours. Origin: F. Rogue proud, haughty, supercilious; cf. Icel. Hrkr a rook, croaker (cf. Rook a bird), or Armor. Rok, rog, proud, arogant. 1. To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry. 2. To destroy (plants that do not come up to a required standard). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rogue

Literary usage of Rogue

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by Charles Joseph Kappler (1904)
"Lane, commanding forces of Oregon Territory, and Jo., principal chief, Sam and Jim, subordinate chiefs, on the part of the rogue River tribe of Indians,") ..."

2. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer by Richard Burn (1820)
"88. stated, that the prisoner had been committed by a justice, and as a rogue ami convicted by the sessions as a rogue and vagabond under the offending ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1905)
"The other rogue tales which followed on the same lines were purposely cast in ... The hero was not a wandering noble helping others, but a cunning rogue ..."

4. The Literature of Roguery by Frank Wadleigh Chandler (1907)
"The English rogue " Such trifling essays as "The Unfortunate Welchman" and "Amanda" may well be forgotten in the face of so remarkable a work as "The ..."

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