Robert

(bərt)

noun

a masculine name: dim. Bob, Bobby, Rob, Robbie, Robby; var. Robin, Rupert; fem. Roberta, Robin

Origin: OFr < OHG Hruodperht < hruod-, fame, praise < IE base *kar-, to praise, boast + perht, bright

  1. died 1035; duke of Normandy (1028?-35): father of William the Conqueror

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, Henry Martyn 1837-1923.

American army engineer and parliamentary authority. He designed the defenses for Washington, D.C., during the Civil War and later wrote Robert's Rules of Order (1876).

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