cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Rice
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹaɪs/
rhymes: -aɪs
homophone: rice
Forms: form: Rices
form: Rise
form: Wrice
Etymology: * As a Welsh surname, borrowed from Welsh Rhys, an Anglicization. Compare Reese, Freese, Price, and Preece.
* As an English surname, from Old English hris (“brushwood, shrubbery”).
* Also as an English surname, from a nickname through Middle English and Anglo-Norman from French ris (“smile, laughter”).
* Also as an occupational English surname, from the noun rice.
* As as German surname, Americanized from Reis (“shoot, twig”), related to the Old English word above. Compare Ries.
Senses: examples: text: This past weekend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach set off a firestorm with his full-page ad in the New York Times accusing National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice of turning a blind eye to the Rwandan genocide when she was on President Bill Clinton’s national security team in the 1990s.
ref: 2015 March 4, Jill Jacobs, “Shmuley Boteach isn’t ‘America’s rabbi’”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2023:
text: For a micromoon and Friday the 13th full moon to occur together is extraordinarily rare. The last time it happened was in 1832 and it won't happen again for more than 500 years according to Tony Rice, a meteorologist and engineer at NASA.
ref: 2019 September 13, Matthew Cappucci, “For the first time in 13 years, a full moon rises this Friday the 13th”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2020:
glosses: A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A former town in the Rice Valley, San Bernardino County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cloud County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Benton County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wasco County, Oregon, named after Horace Rice.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Navarro County, Texas, named after William Marsh Rice.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Stevens County, Washington, named after William B. Rice.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Rice Township.
Derived terms: Rice County
Rich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɹɪt͡ʃ/
Etymology: From Richard. The surname also derives from rich as a nickname.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Cook County, Illinois.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Anderson County, Kansas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Lapeer County, Michigan.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Coahoma County, Mississippi.
Derived terms: Hamman-Rich syndrome
Rich County
Rick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪk/
homophone: rick
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: Ric
form: Rik
Etymology: From the male given name Richard.
Senses: examples: text: Mark Watney is the first of them to be introduced on screen, in the middle of collecting soil and rock samples from the Martian surface. Rick Martinez (Michael Peña) jokes that he just discovered dirt, and Mark ribs him about the usefulness of his job.
ref: 2016 August 31, “GENIUS CHARACTER REVEALS: Mark Watney”, in Industrial Scripts:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Richard, or sometimes of related names, such as Ricardo.
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Derived terms: english: nickname
translation: nickname
word: Rickie
english: nickname
translation: nickname
word: Ricky
english: nickname
translation: nickname
word: Dick
Ridley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪdli/
rhymes: -ɪdli
Etymology: Place names in England, Old English hrēad (“reeds”) or rydde (“cleared land”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Thus, equivalent to reed or rid + -ley (“lea”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.
glosses: A number of places:
A small settlement in Bulkeley and Ridley parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5554).
glosses: A number of places:
A hamlet in Ash-cum-Ridley parish, Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6163).
glosses: A number of places:
A hamlet in Bardon Mill parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY7963).
glosses: A number of places:
A township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Derived terms: Ash-cum-Ridley
Bulkeley and Ridley
Riga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːɡə/
rhymes: -iːɡə
Etymology: From Latvian Rīga, of disputed origin:
* Possibly a form of Riege, the German name for the Rīdzene, a tributary of the Daugava river.
* Possibly from rija (“threshing barn”), the j becoming a g in German (note that English geographer Richard Hakluyt calls the city Rie in 1589, and that German historian Dionysius Fabricius confirms in 1610 the origin of Rīga from rija).
Senses: examples: text: [The city is] at least ten Rigas and Jelgavas put together! Palace upon palace, bridge upon bridge, tower upon tower.
ref: 2014, Zigmunds Skujins, Flesh-Coloured Dominoes:
related: word: Rīga
glosses: The capital city of Latvia.
Derived terms: Rigan
Riga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːɡə/
rhymes: -iːɡə
Forms: form: Rigas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Riga and Greek Ρήγα (Ríga).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Rik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Rick (“male nickname, usually short for Richard”).
Ring
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation for a maker of rings as jewelry or as in harness.
glosses: A parish of County Waterford, Ireland.
glosses: An unincorporated community in the town of Nekimi, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States.
Ritter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Ritter reaction
Rob
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: rŏb
ipa: /ɹɒb/
rhymes: -ɒb
Senses: examples: text: And in both cases, a man named Rob Monster – an outspoken born-again Christian and the CEO of a tech company called Epik – made pointed restorations, republishing much of the New Zealand content and putting Gab back online. All in the name, he said, of free speech.
ref: 2021 December 9, Rob Kuznia, Curt Devine and Yahya Abou-Ghazala, “Epik is a refuge for the deplatformed far right. Here’s why its CEO insists on doing it”, in CNN:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Robert.
qualifier: rare compared to the pet form
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name, derived from Robert.
Related terms: Bob
Bobby
Robbie
Robby
Robin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɒbɪn/
ipa: /ˈɹɑbɪn/
rhymes: -ɒbɪn
Forms: form: Robins
form: Robyn
Etymology: * (masculine given name): From Middle English Robin, from Old French, diminutive of Robert.
* (feminine given name): From the bird, robin, or from Germanic.
Senses: examples: text: They ſay hee is already in the Forreſt of Arden, and a many merry men with him; and there liue like the old Robin Hood of England
ref: c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 186, column 1:
text: This waly boy will be nae coof: /I think we'll call him Robin./ Robin was a rovin' boy, / Rantin', rovin', rantin', rovin', /Robin was a rovin' boy, / Rantin', rovin' Robin.
ref: 1785, Robert Burns, Rantin', Rovin' Robin:
text: Some names simply aren't appropriate after a while. Say you were called Robin, for instance. Well that's a perfectly good monicker up to the age of about nine, but pretty soon you'd have to do something about it, wouldn't you? Change your name by deed-poll to Samson, or Goliath, or something.
ref: 1991, Julian Barnes, Talking It Over, Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: A unisex given name.
A male given name from the Romance languages or the Germanic languages.
examples: text: "We'll name her Robin," her mother said, and it was as though at her words something of that spring and the bird's song and his gay and friendly and impudent spirit entered into the child.
ref: 1949, Adela Rogers St. John, Never Again, and Other Stories, Doubleday, page 25:
text: In March 1953, a month after Jeb was born, the Bush family received the devastating news that Robin had leukemia. A local doctor told the Bushes that doctors had never seen a white blood cell count that high and there was nothing they could do for her.
ref: 2019 March 8, Allen Kim, “What you don’t know about the Bush family dynasty”, in CNN:
glosses: A unisex given name.
A female given name from the Germanic languages, also associated with the bird robin.
qualifier: rare compared to given name
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Derived terms: Pierre Robin sequence
Robin Hood
Robin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɒbɪn/
ipa: /ˈɹɑbɪn/
rhymes: -ɒbɪn
Forms: form: Robins
form: Robyn
Etymology: * (masculine given name): From Middle English Robin, from Old French, diminutive of Robert.
* (feminine given name): From the bird, robin, or from Germanic.
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Someone connected with any number of sports teams known as the Robins, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
Rocky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rockys
Etymology: Diminutives with -y.
Senses: examples: text: ‘I didn′t know your son′s name was Rocky,’ I quietly said as we started walking again.
‘It's really Richard. When he was a kid we called him Ricky, which somehow turned into Rocky. Some people call him Rocco. He gets called a lot of things.’
ref: 1995, Patricia Cornwell, From Potter′s Field, Berkeley Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 82:
text: Philadelphia Museum of Art:[…]This venue is also famous for its notable appearance in the 1976 movie 'Rocky', where Robert "Rocky" Balboabounds up the museum's steps as he prepares for his upcoming title match with Apollo Creed.
ref: 2024, DK Travel, DK USA:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Robert, Ricky, Rocco, Roch, or Rock.
glosses: Diminutive of Rock (“surname”).
glosses: Rocky Balboa, a fictional boxer in a series of films.
glosses: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a motion picture.
examples: text: Rocky is the major city on the central Queensland coast and likes to call itself the beef capital of Australia.
ref: 2005, Tim Uden, Australia: The Backpackers Ultimate Guide, 3rd edition, page 178:
text: Rocky has a smattering of attractions but is best seen as the gateway to the coastal gems of Yeppoon and Great Keppel Island.
ref: 2008, Alan Murphy, Justin Flynn, Olivia Pozzan, Paul Harding, Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef, Lonely Planet, page 234:
text: “I wonder when I′ll be asked to leave?” Kevin thought. “This is very different to how things went last time in Rocky (Rockhampton). It all seems very relaxed here. The staff seem to expect you to hang around. What for?”
ref: 2009, Steele Fitchett, chapter I, in Being Real, page 15:
glosses: A placename
Diminutive of Rockhampton; the regional city of Rockhampton; a city in Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A placename
A town in Oklahoma, United States.
Rod
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Abbreviated form of Rodney and of Roderick, both with roots originating from Germanic *hrōþiz (“fame”).
Senses: examples: text: President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was sent to prison on corruption charges surrounding his time in office.
ref: 2025 February 10, Michael Williams, “Trump pardons former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich”, in CNN:
glosses: A nickname for the male given names Rodney and Roderick.
Rod
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *rȍdъ.
Senses: glosses: The god of the family, ancestors and fate in Slavic mythology.
Roe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: rō
ipa: /ɹoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
homophone: row
homophone: roe
homophone: rho
homophone: Rowe
Forms: form: Roes
Etymology: From a Middle English nickname meaning a roe.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname.
glosses: A town in Monroe County, Arkansas, United States.
Coordinate terms: sense: English-language pseudonymous surname
word: Doe
Derived terms: Richard Roe
Jane Roe
Related terms: Rae
Roy
Roe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: rō
ipa: /ɹoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
homophone: row
homophone: roe
homophone: rho
homophone: Rowe
Etymology: From a Middle English nickname meaning a roe.
Senses: examples: text: Ultimately, Ms. Bottone said she just wanted to know whether she could keep driving in the H.O.V. lane for the remainder of her pregnancy, as she said she had in her previous pregnancies, long before the overturning of Roe.
ref: 2022 July 12, Luke Vander Ploeg, “Can You Drive Alone in the H.O.V. Lane if You’re Pregnant? A Post-Roe Quandary.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: government
law
politics
glosses: Ellipsis of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 US Supreme Court case which legalized abortion and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.
Coordinate terms: Casey
Dobbs
Derived terms: post-Roe
Roevember
Roe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: rō
ipa: /ɹoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
homophone: row
homophone: roe
homophone: rho
homophone: Rowe
Etymology: From Irish an Ró ("the roaring one").
Senses: glosses: A river in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Related terms: Roe Green
Roger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɒd͡ʒ.ə/
enpr: rŏʹjər
ipa: /ˈɹɑ.d͡ʒɚ/
note: Ghanaian
ipa: [ˈroː.dʒɐ]
rhymes: -ɒdʒə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Old French Rogier, from the Frankish equivalent of Old English Hrōþgār (see Hroðgar), from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþigaizaz (“fame-spear”). Compare also Rutger.
Senses: synonyms: Romeo
qualifier: World War II era; joint US/RAF; World War II era; joint US/RAF
glosses: radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter R.
Roger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɒd͡ʒ.ə/
enpr: rŏʹjər
ipa: /ˈɹɑ.d͡ʒɚ/
note: Ghanaian
ipa: [ˈroː.dʒɐ]
rhymes: -ɒdʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Rogers
Etymology: From Old French Rogier, from the Frankish equivalent of Old English Hrōþgār (see Hroðgar), from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþigaizaz (“fame-spear”). Compare also Rutger.
Senses: examples: text: By her I claim the kingdom: she was heir / To Roger, Earl of March, who was the son / Of Edmund Mortimer.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
text: Pringle didn't say anything about Roger always being called Hodge. He sensed that Mr. Liddon wouldn't call him Hodge any more than he would call him Pringle. He was right. "Parents well, are they, Peregrine?" - - -
Hodge capered about, his thumbs in his ears and his hand flapping. "Tweet, tweet, mad bird. His master chains him up like a dog. Tweet, tweet, birdie!" "I'd rather be a hunting falcon than Roger the lodger the sod," said Pringle.
ref: 1985, Ruth Rendell, The New Girlfriend: The Fen Hall, pages 124, 127:
text: 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.
ref: 2023 October 18, Damien Gayle, “Greta Thunberg charged with public order offence after London oil protest”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages.
qualifier: rare compared to given name
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: The Devil; Satan.
examples: text: The escaped convicts who had captured the Arrow even ran up the “Roger,” the black flag with the white skull […]
ref: 1906, Bret Harte, Overland Monthly and the Out West Magazine, page 410:
glosses: Jolly Roger (pirate flag)
Derived terms: Jolly Roger
Roger Mills County
Strickland Roger
Related terms: word: Hodge
word: Rodger
word: Rog
word: Dodge
word: Dodgeon
word: Dodgin
word: Dodgshon
word: Dodgson
word: Dodson
word: Doidge
word: Hadgkiss
word: Hodge
word: Hodgen
word: Hodgeon
word: Hodges
word: Hodgett
word: Hodgetts
word: Hodgin
word: Hodgins
word: Hodgkin
word: Hodgkins
word: Hodgkinson
word: Hodgkison
word: Hodgkiss
word: Hodgkisson
word: Hodgskin
word: Hodgson
word: Hodkin
word: Hodkinson
word: Hodson
word: Hotchin
word: Hotchkin
word: Hotchkiss
word: Prosser
word: Rodger
word: Rodgers
word: Rodgerson
word: Rogers
word: Rogerson
word: Rosser
word: Rudge
word: Ruggles
Roman
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊ.mən/
enpr: rōmən
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.mən/
homophone: roamin' stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -əʊmən
Forms: form: more Roman
form: most Roman
Etymology: From Old French Romain, from Latin Rōmānus. In reference to the Byzantine Empire, via the Byzantine Greek endonym Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos). By surface analysis, Rome + -an. Doublet of Romano.
Senses: glosses: Of or from Rome.
glosses: Of or from the Roman Empire.
topics: historiography
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or from the Byzantine Empire.
examples: text: "Yes, I feel that I ought; and with me, to feel that I ought to do a thing, is to do it!" added he, looking quite Roman with excess of virtue.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Influence of an Invitation”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 16:
glosses: Of noble countenance but with little facial expression.
glosses: Supporting the characters of the Latin alphabet.
raw_tags: of type or text
examples: text: You will find the term defined at the end of Roman one.
topics: law
glosses: Used to distinguish a Roman numeral from an Arabic numeral in oral discourse.
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: A font that is upright, as opposed to oblique or italic. (See roman font.)
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church or the Holy See.
topics: architecture
glosses: Of a style characterised by the size and boldness of its round arches and vaults, and having baths, aqueducts, basilicas, amphitheatres, etc.
Synonyms: word: Rhomaian
word: Romaic
word: Romaean
Derived terms: non-Roman
pre-Roman
Roman Bridge
Roman Britain
Roman candle
Roman Catholic
Roman charity
Roman-Dutch law
Roman Empire
Romanesque
Roman font
Roman gallon
Romanism
Romanist
Roman Kingdom
Roman numeraled
Roman numeral
roman numeral
Roman River
Roman road
Roman snail
Times New Roman
Related terms: Romaean
Roman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊ.mən/
enpr: rōmən
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.mən/
homophone: roamin' stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -əʊmən
Forms: form: Romans
Etymology: From Old French Romain, from Latin Rōmānus. In reference to the Byzantine Empire, via the Byzantine Greek endonym Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos). By surface analysis, Rome + -an. Doublet of Romano.
Senses: glosses: A native or resident of Rome.
glosses: A native or resident of the Roman Empire.
examples: text: Kars was the capital of the small Armenian kingdom of Vanand, ruled by Gagik (the same name as the sovereign of Ani) from 1029 to 1064, when he surrendered his kingdom to the Romans. In 1053 it was taken by the Seljoukids, probably under the command of Qutlumus...
ref: 2010, John Wortley trans. John Skylitzes as A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811–1057, p. 442, n. 192
topics: historiography
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A native or resident of the Byzantine Empire.
examples: text: Sahaiʔa May Talbot was born on Feb. 15, 2014. However, on her birth certificate, her name is spelled Sahai'a because the Northwest Territories government only allows the Roman alphabet to be used on official documents.
ref: 2016 June 13, Hilary Bird, “Baby named Sahaiʔa prompts changes to Vital Statistics Act”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2016:
glosses: The Roman script.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A single letter or character in Roman type.
examples: text: ‘Is it like―I don’t know―Catholicism? One only spots the other Romans when one’s practised it oneself?’
ref: 2006, Sarah Waters, The Night Watch, Virago Press, page 151:
glosses: A Roman Catholic.
Synonyms: word: Rhomaian
word: Romaean
Derived terms: when in Rome, do as the Romans do
Roman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊ.mən/
enpr: rōmən
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.mən/
homophone: roamin' stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -əʊmən
Forms: form: Romans
Etymology: From Old French Romain, from Latin Rōmānus. In reference to the Byzantine Empire, via the Byzantine Greek endonym Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos). By surface analysis, Rome + -an. Doublet of Romano.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Latin recently borrowed from continental Europe.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city in Neamț County, Romania.
Roman camomile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Roman camomiles
form: Roman chamomile
Senses: glosses: Chamaemelum nobile, one of the two species of plants most commonly known as camomile.
Synonyms: English chamomile
Romance
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Old French romanz (“vernacular language (of France)”), from Late Latin rōmānicē, from Latin rōmānicus < rōmānus + -icus. Extended in the 17th century to all languages derived from Latin.
Senses: examples: text: In this paper we will concentrate on the problem posed by Iberian Romance languages (i.e. Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish), …
ref: Eulàlia Bonet and Joan Mascaró, On the representation of contrasting rhotics, in: 1997, Fernando Martínez-Gil, Alfonso Morales-Front (eds.), Issues in the Phonology and Morphology of the Major Iberian Languages, p. 103ff., here p. 103
glosses: Of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin: French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, etc.
Synonyms: Romanic
Romantic
Derived terms: pan-Romance
Romance language
Related terms: Romanicist
Romantic
Romanticism
Italic
Latin
Romantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Romantic
form: most Romantic
form: Romantick
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Romance.
glosses: Of or pertaining to Romanticism.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Romance.
synonyms: word: Romance
Romantic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Romantics
form: Romantick
Senses: glosses: An artist involved in the Romantic movement.
Rosa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹoʊzə/
ipa: /ˈɹəʊzə/
rhymes: (General American) -oʊzə
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊzə
homophone: rosa
Etymology: From Latin rosa (“rose”).
Senses: examples: text: Mercedes moved away from Jack and gripping Rosa's hand – her own nails were too short – she took a pinch and inhaled it. Rosa kissed Mercedes on the lips then took a further nailful and offered it to Jack who shook his head.
ref: 2010, Bill Vidal, The Aztec, page 73:
glosses: A female given name from Latin; a Latinized variant of Rose.
Derived terms: Santa Rosa
Rose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹoʊz/
Forms: form: Roses
Etymology: * As an English, Scottish, French, Walloon, Danish, Jewish (Yiddish רויז (royz)), and German surname, all from the noun rose. Also adapted from foreign forms of the same meaning such as Hungarian Rózsa, Rozsa, Slovak Róža, Czech Roza, etc. Compare Larose. The surname may be matronymic, but more probably topographic from residence by rose bushes or the sign of a rose, or a nickname from rosy complexion.
* Also as an English surname, from a Norman name of Germanic origins, likely made up of Proto-Germanic *hrod (“fame”) and *heid (“kind, sort, type”), ultimately evolved from *hrōþiz. Introduced to England in the form Roese or Rohese.
* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Ross.
* As a Slovene surname, Americanized or Italianized from Rože, from a short form of Erazem (from Latin Erasmus), compare Rozman.
Senses: glosses: A regional contestant in the annual Rose of Tralee contest.
glosses: The winner of that year's contest.
Rosemary
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊzməɹi/
ipa: /ˈɹəʊzˌmɛːɹi/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊzˌmɛəɹi/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊzməɹi/
homophone: Rosemarie (non-US)
Etymology: A combination of Rose + Mary, referring to the flower as a symbol of Virgin Mary, first recorded in the eighteenth century. It is found in continental Europe as Rosemarie and Rosa Maria. After mid-nineteenth century when flower names became common it may also refer to the herb rosemary, Latin ros marinus "dew of the sea".
Senses: examples: text: "And you - you darling!" - addressing the astonished Rosemary - "will you love your grandmamma? Kiss me, my child." - - -
"Oh, you tell fibs!" cried the child. "My name is Rose Marie Romarin - is it not, Grandpa?"
ref: 1860, Jedediah Vincent Huntington, Rosemary: or, Life or Death, D.&J. Sadler, Co, published 1860, page 175:
text: Rosemary. A sweet dark name, though finally a shrill trite woman.
ref: 1985, Alice Munro, The Progress of Love, Chatto&Windus, published 1987, →ISBN, page 53:
glosses: A female given name from Latin.
Derived terms: Romy
Rouge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Rouge.
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A surname from French.
Route
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Routes
Etymology: Borrowed from French Route, or a variant spelling of Routt.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Rube
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Reuben.
glosses: A male given name.
Ruby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -uːbi
homophone: ruby
Etymology: The female name derives from ruby in the 19th century. The programming language was named after the gemstone.
Senses: examples: text: Ruby, my dear / Hold back that tear / I know he's gone / Your love has flown
ref: 1990, “Dear Ruby^([sic – meaning Ruby, My Dear])”, in Sally Swisher (lyrics), Thelonious Monk (music), Carmen Sings Monk, performed by Carmen McRae:
text: And those are her two daughters, Opal and Ruby. Her husband, Joshua, named them. He said they were to be the jewels of his old age. She would never have thought of names like that. There wasn't an ounce of sentiment in her body.
ref: 1992, Karen Kijewski, Kat's Cradle, page 76:
glosses: A female given name.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A male given name.
examples: text: Ruby began life in Japan as the creation of Yukihiro Matsumoto, known more commonly as Matz. Unlike that of most language developers, Matz's motivation for Ruby was fun and a principle of “least surprise,” in order to improve overall developer productivity.
ref: 2017, Peter Cooper, Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional, Apress, →ISBN, page 100:
topics: computer-languages
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A dynamic, reflective, general-purpose object-oriented programming language developed in the 1990s.
glosses: A city in Alaska.
glosses: A ghost town in Arizona.
glosses: A town in South Carolina.
glosses: A town in Wisconsin.
glosses: A settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
Ruby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -uːbi
homophone: ruby
Etymology: The female name derives from ruby in the 19th century. The programming language was named after the gemstone.
Senses: examples: text: We're going down the Indian for a Ruby; wanna join us?
text: No matter if you're Asian, Arab or Eskimo, everyone loves a ruby.
ref: 2002, John Sullivan, “Strangers on the Shore”, in Only Fools and Horses:
glosses: A curry; ellipsis of Ruby Murray.
Rufus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuːfəs/
homophone: rufous
rhymes: -uːfəs
Etymology: From Latin rūfus (“red”).
Senses: examples: text: Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
ref: Romans 16:13
glosses: Either of two persons mentioned in the New Testament (in Mark 15:21 and Romans 16:13).
glosses: A male given name from Latin, used since the seventeenth century.
glosses: A minor city in Sherman County, Oregon, United States.
Rugby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: rŭgʹbi
ipa: /ˈɹʌɡbi/
Forms: form: Rokeby
Etymology: From earlier Rokeby (rook + -by), from Middle English Rokebi, an alteration (using the Middle English bi (“village, town”), from Old Norse býr (“town, settlement”)) of Old English Rocheberie, possibly from earlier Old English *Hrōceburh (literally “rook-fort, Rookbury”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Warwickshire, England, where the sport of rugby is thought to have originated.
glosses: A local government district with borough status of Warwickshire, with its headquarters in the town.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Las Animas County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Haw Creek Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Pierce County, North Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Morgan County and Scott County, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Grayson County, Virginia.
glosses: A village in Hilltops council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Derived terms: Rugbeian
Rum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Middle English and Old English, from Proto-West Germanic *Rūmu, from Proto-Germanic *Rūmō under influence from Late Latin Rōma (“Rome; Constantinople; Roman Empire”), from Latin Rōma (“Rome”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Rome: Rome (a major city in Italy).
Rum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rûm
Etymology: From Seljuk Old Anatolian Turkish and Ottoman Turkish روم (Rum, “Rome; Byzantine Empire; central Anatolia”), from Arabic رُوم (Rūm, “Rome; Byzantine Empire”), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 (Hrom), from Byzantine Greek Ῥωμανία (Rhōmanía, “Byzantine Empire”), from Latin Romani (“Romans”), from Roma (“Rome”). Doublet of Roma and Rome.
Senses: glosses: An eyalet in the Ottoman Empire.
glosses: A former polity in Anatolia, a Seljuk sultanate.
glosses: Synonym of Anatolia and the Byzantine Empire in historical Turkish contexts.
synonyms: word: Anatolia and the Byzantine Empire in historical Turkish contexts
Synonyms: sense: Ottoman eyalet
word: Sivas
Rum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Rùm, an island of the Inner Hebrides, Highland council area, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Ruse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuːseɪ/
Forms: form: Rousse
form: Rouse
Etymology: Borrowed from Bulgarian Русе (Ruse)
Senses: glosses: A city in northeastern Bulgaria.
glosses: A province in northeastern Bulgaria.
Ruse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuːseɪ/
ipa: /ˈɹuːz/
ipa: /ˈɹuːseɪ/
Etymology: * As an English surname, variant of Rouse, Rowse.
* As a German surname, variant of Reuss, Reusse.
* As a Czech surname, Americanized from Rus (“Russian”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A suburb in the City of Campbelltown, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, named after James Ruse.
Rush
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rushs
form: Rushes
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun rush (“waterside plant, plant in marshes”).
* Also as an English surname, from the archaic noun rush (“beehive”), from French ruche.
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Ruis (literally “descendant of Ros”), a name from ros (“wood”). Sometimes also translated from Ó Luachra due to confusion with luachair (“rushes”), see Loughrey.
* Also as an Irish surname, translated/Anglicized from Ó Fuada (literally “descendant of Fuada”), compare Foody, from the noun fuad (“haste”).
* As a German surname, Americanized from Rüsch, Ruesch, Rusch.
Senses: glosses: A surname
A surname from English
glosses: A surname
A surname from English
An English surname originating as an occupation for someone who made things from rushes.
glosses: A surname
A surname from Irish
glosses: A surname
A surname from German
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A placename
A coastal town in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States.
An unincorporated community in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Boyd County and Carter County, Kentucky, United States.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States.
A town in Monroe County, New York, United States.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States.
A number of townships, in Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, United States, listed under Rush Township.
glosses: A placename
Ellipsis of Rush County.
Derived terms: Rush Center
Rush County
Ruth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹuːθ/
rhymes: -uːθ
homophone: ruth
Etymology: From Ruth the Moabite, Hebrew רות, of uncertain origin, possibly meaning "companion". Also associated with the English noun ruth (“compassion”) by Puritans.
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: word: Rth.
glosses: A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
examples: text: And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ruth 1:16:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The resident of Moab around whom the text centers.
examples: text: Her face hardened.
"I despise pity."
"In spite of your name? Ruth is your name, isn't it? Piquant that. Ruth the ruthless."
ref: 1945, Agatha Christie, Sparkling Cyanide, HarperCollins, published 2010, →ISBN, page 30:
text: He pictured the woman as dark and Biblical, because of her name: Ruth. Shadowed eyes and creamy skin. Torrents of loose black hair.
ref: 1982, Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Fawcett Columbine, published 1996, →ISBN, page 134:
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew.
glosses: A census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Trinity County, California, United States.
Derived terms: Ruth Glacier
Ruth Island
S
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Pronunciation: note: name of letter
ipa: /ɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
ipa: /s/
ipa: /z/
ipa: /ʒ/
Forms: form: s
form: Ss
form: S's
Senses: glosses: The nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.
Derived terms: binor-S
bisphenol S
H-S chart
Mode S
S/N ratio
S-curve
S-factor
split S
S rank
S-side
S-tier
S-turn
S-Video
S
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: note: name of letter
ipa: /ɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
ipa: /s/
ipa: /z/
ipa: /ʒ/
Forms: form: s
Senses: glosses: The ordinal number nineteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.
raw_tags: number
S
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: name of letter
ipa: /ɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
ipa: /s/
ipa: /z/
ipa: /ʒ/
Forms: form: Ss
Etymology: Abbreviation.
S
# (Stenoscript) the sound sequence /st/ in a word, e.g. it's the transcription of the suffix -ist.
# (Stenoscript) the prefix sub-
#: [some manuals advise lower-case s for the prefix sub-]
# (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of south.
# (education) Initialism of satisfactory.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of south.
examples: text: I watched S01 through 03. I have yet to watch the S04.
text: The pilot episode is S01E01.
coordinate_terms: E
glosses: Initialism of season (group of episodes of a series).
topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
coordinate_terms: XXS
XS
M
L
XL
XLT
XXL
XXXL
glosses: Initialism of small (the manufactured size or an item of that size).
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of soprano.
topics: broadcasting
media
television
synonyms: CC
sub
glosses: Initialism of subtitles.
qualifier: American Library Association
glosses: Initialism of sextodecimo (book size, 15-17.5 cm in height).
S
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: note: name of letter
ipa: /ɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
ipa: /s/
ipa: /z/
ipa: /ʒ/
Etymology: Abbreviation.
S
# (Stenoscript) the sound sequence /st/ in a word, e.g. it's the transcription of the suffix -ist.
# (Stenoscript) the prefix sub-
#: [some manuals advise lower-case s for the prefix sub-]
# (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of south.
# (education) Initialism of satisfactory.
Senses: topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
coordinate_terms: XXS
XS
M
L
XL
XXL
glosses: Initialism of small (of the manufactured size).
S
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: name of letter
ipa: /ɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
ipa: /s/
ipa: /z/
ipa: /ʒ/
Etymology: From the first letter of set and of stage, two fundamental concepts of the theory.
Senses: examples: text: S has no axiom of extensionality and identity is absent from the other S axioms.
topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: An axiomatic set theory, developed by logician George Boolos, in which several of the axioms of ZF are derivable as theorems.
Sa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Saturday.
Sa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Samuel.
glosses: A language of Vanuatu
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Sa terms
Sabella
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a female given name, diminutive of Isabella
Sadh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɑːd/
rhymes: -ɑːd
Forms: form: Sadhs
form: Saadh
form: Saadhu
Etymology: From Hindi साध (sādh, “member of the Sadh sect; Sadh”), from Sanskrit साधु (sādhu).
Senses: glosses: A person who belongs to a monotheistic sect of Hinduism, having beliefs similar to those of Quakers.
Safe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Maries County, Missouri, United States.
Saffron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The bad thing was she took my son Skiff with her. It's a dumb name I know, but at the time he was born all the kids were being called things like Sky and Saffron and Powie, and I was really sold on sailing.
ref: 1981, William Boyd, On the Yankee Station, Hamilton, →ISBN, page 17:
glosses: A female given name from English; a rare flower name from the saffron.
Related terms: word: Saffy
Saga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 佐賀(さが) (Saga).
Senses: glosses: Saga Prefecture (a prefecture in western Kyushu, Japan)
glosses: The capital city of Saga Prefecture, Japan.
Saga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From saga or its etymon Old Norse saga.
Senses: examples: text: Saga Becker
text: 2007, Saga McOdongo, Deadly money maker
text: […] Saga Norén's personal story that forms the series' sentimental narrative. As part of her strategy to develop ways to understand the personal motivations of the killers and other people around her, Saga Norén actively uses her partners[…]
ref: 2019 January 28, Dimitris Akrivos, Alexandros K. Antoniou, Crime, Deviance and Popular Culture: International and Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Springer, →ISBN, page 34:
glosses: A unisex given name.
Saga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Tibetan ས་དགའ (sa dga').
Senses: examples: text: We saw many other striking manifestations of hydrothermal activity in the Himalayan geothermal belt. The boiling spouters of Namling County, for example, emit endless jets of water and steam; the Rugyog fumarole of Saga County sends up vapors and gases as scorching as the breath of a furnace;[…]
ref: 1982, Zhang Mingtao, The Roof of the World, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 73:
text: Previously, they had met a man from Saga county, not far from the Nepali border, who had given an interesting piece of information: from his place, he had seen people escaping over a mountain into Nepal.
ref: 2003, Michele Martin, Music in the Sky: The Life, Art, and Teachings of the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Snow Lion Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 82:
text: More likely than capture is death at the hands of Chinese border police. Killings like that of fifteen-year-old Yeshe Dundrub, shot at night in Saga County (Ch: Saga Xian) in November 1999, while fleeing with forty others to Nepal, are covered up when possible. (Dundrub, whose dream was to be a monk, died in a military hospital bed nine hours after he was shot.)
ref: 2010, Jonathan Green, Murder in the High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy, and Escape from Tibet, 1st edition (Politics), PublicAffairs, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 33:
glosses: A county of Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Sage
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sages
Etymology: * As an English and French surname, from sage, a nickname for a wise person. The given name, in general use since the 1990s, is also associated with the sage plant. Compare Desage, Lesage.
* As an Irish surname, variant of Savage.
* As a German surname, from a placename derived from the noun sege (“sedge”) (see sedge).
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname.
examples: text: She wanted to give the child a unique, meaningful name; among those she and Linda liked, she said, were Laurel and Lavender. Or if it was a boy, perhaps Sage . “Why not Spinach or Cabbage?” Brian had scoffed.
ref: 1974, Alison Lurie, The War Between the Tates: A Novel, Open Road Media, published 2012, →ISBN:
glosses: A male given name from English.
glosses: A female given name from English.
topics: Wicca
lifestyle
religion
glosses: One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca, representing a man, older than a middle-aged Father and boyish Master
glosses: A place name:
A neighbourhood along Trout Lake Road, city of North Bay, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A place name:
An unincorporated community in Izard County, Arkansas, United States.
glosses: A place name:
A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.
glosses: A place name:
An unincorporated community in Burnet County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A place name:
A ghost town in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States.
Sagitta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈd͡ʒɪt.ə/
ipa: /səˈɡɪt.ə/
ipa: /səˈd͡ʒɪt.ə/
rhymes: -ɪtə
Etymology: Borrowing from Latin Sagitta (“the Arrow”), from sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an arrow. It lies between the constellations of Vulpecula and Aquila.
Related terms: Sagittarius
Sagittarius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsadʒɪˈtɛəɹɪəs/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌsædʒəˈtɛəɹiəs/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌsædʒəˈtɛɹiəs/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəs
Forms: form: ♐︎
Etymology: From Latin sagittārius (“archer”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a centaur who is an archer. It contains the stars Kaus Australis and Nunki.
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The zodiac sign for the archer, ruled by Jupiter and covering November 23 - December 21 (tropical astrology) or December 16 - January 14 (sidereal astrology).
Synonyms: word: Toxotes
word: Sagittarius
word: Archer
Hypernyms: word: constellation
Meronyms: word: Rukbat
word: Arkab Prior
word: Arkab Posterior
word: Alnasl
word: Kaus Media
word: Kaus Australis
word: Ascella
word: Kaus Borealis
word: Polis
word: Ain al Rami
word: Albaldah
word: Nunki
word: Nanto
Derived terms: Sagittarian
Sagittarius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsadʒɪˈtɛəɹɪəs/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌsædʒəˈtɛəɹiəs/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌsædʒəˈtɛɹiəs/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəs
Forms: form: Sagittariuses
Etymology: From Latin sagittārius (“archer”).
Senses: topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: word: Sagittarian
word: Sag
word: Saggie
antonyms: Gemini
glosses: Someone with a Sagittarius star sign.
Said
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪd/
rhymes: -aɪd
homophone: side
Forms: form: Sa'id
form: Saeed
form: Saïd
form: Sayeed
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic سَعِيد (saʕīd).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic.
glosses: A surname from Arabic.
Said
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪd/
rhymes: -aɪd
homophone: side
Forms: form: Saids
form: Sa'id
form: Saeed
form: Saïd
form: Sayeed
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic سَعِيد (saʕīd).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sayyid.
Saint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /seɪnt/
ipa: /sənt/
rhymes: -eɪnt
Forms: form: Saints
Etymology: From saint.
Senses: examples: text: Saint Stephen was the first martyr.
glosses: A title given to a saint, often prefixed to the person's name.
examples: text: the Kirtland Saints
text: They settled in Kaw Township, a dozen miles from Independence, becoming the first Saints to be resettled in the newly designated Zion.
ref: 2011, Terryl L. Givens, Matthew J. Grow, Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism, →ISBN, page 53:
text: The project’s goal was to “fortify the faith of the Saints,” he said, “while at the same time paying attention to hard things.”
ref: 2018 September 2, Peggy Fletcher Stack, Scott D. Pierce, “Mormon church publishes its first official history in nearly a century, and the result is an easy-to-read volume that tackles some hard facts”, in The Salt Lake Tribune:
glosses: A Latter-day Saint, a Mormon.
examples: text: In 1971, during Archie Manning's first game as a New Orleans Saint and the season opener against the Los Angeles Rams, […]
ref: 2008, Monica M. Dalide, 683 Things About New Orleans, Outskirts Press, page 88
text: Former New Orleans Saint and current blues historian at Tulane University, Nick Travers becomes involved in a case related to the mysterious death […]
ref: 2008, David Rife, Jazz Fiction: A History and Comprehensive Reader's Guide, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 86:
text: Their prayers were answered when future New Orleans Saint and Super Bowl champion Jabari Greer intercepted Croyle's pass. In the fourth overtime, ...
ref: 2015, Craig T. Smith, 100 Things Tennessee Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, Triumph Books, →ISBN:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Someone connected with any of the sports teams known as the Saints, such as a player or coach, or sometimes a fan.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Saint class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.
Synonyms: sense: title
word: St
sense: title
word: St.
sense: title
word: S
sense: title
word: S.
sense: title
word: SS
sense: title
word: SS.
Derived terms: the lists of derived terms at saint and St
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Saint Anthony's nut
Saint Elias Mountains
Saint-Florentin
Saint Grottlesex
Saint-Hyacinthe
Saint Ignatius
Saint-John
Saint Joseph
Saint Kitts
Saint Lucia
Saint-Michel-de-Chaillol
Saint Petersburg
Saint Sampson
Saint-Véran
Saint
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /seɪnt/
ipa: /sənt/
rhymes: -eɪnt
Forms: form: Saints
Etymology: From saint.
Senses: glosses: A surname.