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Roy

adj, name, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Royal. archaic

    "For in the tenth year, when roy victory / Was won to give the Greeks the spoil of Troy, / Return they did profess, but not enjoy, / Since Pallas they incens'd, and she the waves / By all the winds' power, that blew ope their graves."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Scottish Gaelic. countable

    "- - - The real pity is that the only name William Burton remembers is Roy ...it was a popular name in the fifties and sixties so there were probably quite a few of them." "Not that popular," said George. "Surely it's Roy Trent?" "Roy Rogers...Roy Orbison... Roy of the Rovers...Roy Castle..." "At least one of those was a comic-book character," said Andrew. "So? Bill Clinton and David Beckham named their children after places. All I'm saying is we can't assume Roy Trent from Roy.""

  2. 2
    A surname.; A surname from Anglo-Norman. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A surname.; A surname from Old French. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A surname.; A surname from Scottish Gaelic. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A surname.; A surname from Bengali. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename; A city in Utah, United States. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename; A river and glen (see Glen Roy) in Highland council area, Scotland, United Kingdom. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A king. archaic, formal
  2. 2
    Initialism of run of year. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From various sources: * Anglo-Norman roy (“king”) a variant of Old French roi, from Latin rēx, rēgem from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of Rey. * Scottish Gaelic ruadh (“red, red-haired”) from Old Irish rúad, from Proto-Celtic *roudos from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-. * Anglicisation of Bengali রায় (raẏ, surname). Doublet of Rai, rex, and rajah.

Etymology 2

From Middle English roy, roye, borrowed from Old French roi (“king”). Doublet of rajah, Rex, rex, and rich.

Etymology 3

From Middle English roy, roye, borrowed from Old French roi (“king”). Doublet of rajah, Rex, rex, and rich.

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