Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - rogue
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Rogue
rogue
geographical name river about 200 miles (320 kilometers) SW Oregon rising in Crater Lake National Park & flowing W & SW into the Pacific ROGUE I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1561 1. vagrant, tramp 2. a dishonest or worthless person ; scoundrel 3. a mischievous person ; scamp 4. a horse inclined to shirk or misbehave 5. an individual exhibiting a chance and usually inferior biological variation • roguish adjective • roguishly adverb • roguishness noun II. intransitive verb (~d; roguing or ~ing) Date: 1766 to weed out inferior, diseased, or nontypical individuals from a crop plant or a field III. adjective Date: 1872 1. resembling or suggesting a ~ elephant especially in being isolated, aberrant, dangerous, or uncontrollable capsized by a ~ wave 2. corrupt, dishonest ~ cops 3. of or being a nation whose leaders defy international law or norms of international behavior ~ states
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n. & v. --n. 1 a dishonest or unprincipled person. 2 joc. a mischievous person, esp. a child. 3 (usu. attrib.) a a wild animal driven away or living apart from the herd and of fierce temper (rogue elephant). b a stray, irresponsible, or undisciplined person or thing (rogue trader). 4 an inferior or defective specimen among many acceptable ones. --v.tr. remove rogues (sense 4 of n.) from. Phrases and idioms rogues' gallery a collection of photographs of known criminals etc., used for identification of suspects. Etymology: 16th-c. cant word: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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3.
1. жулик, мошенник 2. негодяй 3. плутишка, шалун, проказник to play the rogue —- проказничать 4. уст. бродяга 5. охот. пугливая лошадь 6. с-х. сортовая примесь; инородная культура 7. биол. экземпляр, резко отличающийся от других представителей породы, уклоняющаяся форма 8. слон-отшельник Id: rogue's gallery —- полицейский архив фотоснимков преступников Id: rogue's Latin —- воровской жаргон Id: rogue's march —- какофония, которой сопровождается изгнание с позором из полка, из города и т. п. 9. жульничать, мошенничать, обманывать 10. уст. бродяжничать 11. с-х. полоть; удалять из посева сортовую примесь или инородную культуру ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) жулик, мошенник; негодяй 2) бродяга 3) joc. плутишка, шалун; проказник; to play the rogue - проказничать 4) agric. сортовая примесь; инородная культура 5) норовистая скаковая лошадь 6) biol. экземпляр, обнаруживающий признаки дегенерации Syn: see scoundrel 2. adj. норовистый, злой (о животных) ...Англо-русский словарь
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(rogues) 1. A rogue is a man who behaves in a dishonest or criminal way. Mr Ward wasn’t a rogue at all. N-COUNT 2. If a man behaves in a way that you do not approve of but you still like him, you can refer to him as a rogue. ...Falstaff, the loveable rogue. N-COUNT: oft adj N c darkgreen]feelings 3. A rogue element is someone or something that behaves differently from others of its kind, often causing damage. Computer systems throughout the country are being affected by a series of mysterious rogue programs, known as viruses... ADJ: ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 n 1 often humorous a man or boy who behaves badly or causes trouble, but who you like in spite of this (What's the little rogue done now, I wonder? | a lovable rogue) 2 old-fashioned a man who is dishonest and has a bad character (rogues' gallery (=a group of bad people)) - roguery n ~2 adj only before noun 1 a rogue person or organization does not follow the usual rules or methods and often causes trouble 2 a rogue wild animal lives apart from the main group and is often dangerous ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1561, perhaps a shortened form of roger (with a hard -g-), thieves' slang for a begging vagabond who pretends to be a poor scholar from Oxford or Cambridge, perhaps from L. rogare "to ask." Rogue's gallery "police collection of mug shots" is attested from 1859. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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