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Roe

//ˈɹoʊ// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname transferred from the nickname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    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. US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal

    "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."

  3. 3
    A river in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
  4. 4
    A town in Monroe County, Arkansas, United States. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    Eggs of fish. uncountable, usually

    "It was quite flavourless, except that, where its innards had been imperfectly removed, silver traces of roe gave it an unpleasant bitterness."

  2. 2
    Ellipsis of roe deer. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

    "And let his foes like flockes of feareful Roes, Purſude by hunters, flie his angry lookes, That I may ſee him iſſue Conquerour."

  3. 3
    Initialism of return on equity, a measure of how well a company used reinvested earnings to generate additional earnings. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Alternative form of ROE. alt-of, alternative
  5. 5
    the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish wordnet
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  1. 6
    Sperm of certain fish. uncountable, usually
  2. 7
    A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.
  3. 8
    Initialism of rule(s) of engagement, a/the rule(s) governing when to fire or return fire. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 9
    the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster wordnet
  5. 10
    Ovaries of certain crustaceans. uncountable, usually
  6. 11
    Abbreviation of record of employment. abbreviation, alt-of
  7. 12
    eggs of female fish wordnet
  8. 13
    fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English rowe, rowne, roun, rawne, from Old English *hrogn (“spawn, fish eggs, roe”), from Proto-Germanic *hrugnaz, *hrugną (“spawn, roe”), from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“(frog) spawn”). Cognate with Dutch roge (“roe”), German Low German Rögen (“roe”), German Rogen (“roe”), Danish rogn, ravn (“roe”), Swedish rom (“roe”), Icelandic hrogn (“roe”), Lithuanian kurkulai̇̃ (“frog spawn”), Russian кряк (krjak, “frog spawn”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English ro, roa, from Old English rā, rāha, from Proto-West Germanic *raihō, from Proto-Germanic *raihô, *raihą, from *róyko-, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“spotted, streaked”). See also Saterland Frisian Räi, Dutch ree, German Reh; also Irish riabh (“tripe, streak”), Latvian ràibs (“spotted”), Russian рябо́й (rjabój, “mottled fur”).

Etymology 3

From a Middle English nickname meaning a roe.

Etymology 4

From a Middle English nickname meaning a roe.

Etymology 5

From Irish an Ró ("the roaring one").

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