Rogue Definition

rōg
rogued, rogues, roguing
noun
rogues
A rascal; scoundrel.
Webster's New World
A wandering beggar or tramp; vagabond.
Webster's New World
A fun-loving, mischievous person.
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An elephant or other animal that wanders apart from the herd and is fierce and wild.
Webster's New World
An individual varying markedly from the standard, esp. an inferior one.
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adjective
Acting in defiance of established laws, customs, etc.
A rogue nation.
Webster's New World
Vicious and solitary. Used of an animal, especially an elephant.
American Heritage
Lacking required authorization, supervision, etc.
A rogue intelligence operation.
Webster's New World
Large, destructive, and anomalous or unpredictable.
Rogue tornado.
American Heritage
Operating outside normal or desirable controls.
American Heritage
verb
To remove (diseased or abnormal specimens) from a group of plants of the same variety.
American Heritage
To live or act like a rogue.
Webster's New World
To cheat.
Webster's New World
To destroy (plants, etc.) as biological rogues.
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To remove such plants, etc. from (land, etc.)
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Rogue

Noun

Singular:
rogue
Plural:
rogues

Origin of Rogue

  • Middle French rogue (“arrogant, haughty"), from Old Northern French rogre, Old Norse hrokr (“excess, exuberance"), though OED sees no evidence of this connection.

    From Wiktionary

  • Celtic; see Breton rog (“haughty")

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin rogare (“to ask")

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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