Roger
nounproper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈɹɒd͡ʒ.ə//
- United States//ˈɹɑ.d͡ʒɚ//
- /[ˈroː.dʒɐ]/
radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter R.
noun
- 1
radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter R.
Etymology
From Old French Rogier, from the Frankish equivalent of Old English Hrōþgār (see Hroðgar), from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþigaizaz (“fame-spear”). Compare also Rutger.
proper noun
- 1
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
By her I claim the kingdom: she was heir / To Roger, Earl of March, who was the son / Of Edmund Mortimer.
Details of Thunberg’s charge came as Just Stop Oil said its cofounders, Indigo Rumbelow and Roger Hallam, were arrested on Wednesday morning following dawn raids at their homes.
- 2
A surname originating as a patronymic.
- 3
obsoleteThe Devil; Satan.
- 4
Jolly Roger (pirate flag)
The escaped convicts who had captured the Arrow even ran up the “Roger,” the black flag with the white skull […]
Forms
- plural
- Rogers
Roger · radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter R.
Rogers · A surname; an English patronymic surname.rogue · A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and…Rogue · A surname.