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rogue
/ˈɹoʊɡ/
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What does rogue mean?
noun
- A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
- A mischievous scamp.
- A vagrant.
More meanings (14)
noun
- Malware that deceitfully presents itself as antispyware.
- An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.
- A horse, mule, or donkey that is difficult to control; a refractory horse, especially a racehorse.
- A plant that shows some undesirable variation.
- A character class focusing on stealthy conduct.
adjective
- Vicious and solitary.
- Large, destructive and unpredictable.
- Deceitful, unprincipled.
- Mischievous, unpredictable.
verb
- To cull; to destroy plants not meeting a required standard, especially when saving seed, rogue or unwanted plants are removed before pollination.
- (dated) To cheat.
- (obsolete) To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.
- (obsolete) To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɹoʊɡ/
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See this word in context.
Well, I doubt not but to die a fair death for all this, if I ’scape hanging for killing that rogue.
I was in much the same position as Old Rowley, that royal humourist, whom “the rogue had taken into his confidence.”
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She had a good chance to say, "I told you so," when the rogue eloped with the best of their silver.
The little rogue thought I had not seen her, and, drawing back, she took her former station by the window, quite demurely.
To see or think yourself a rogue, foretells you are about to commit some indiscretion which will give your friends uneasiness of mind.