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- DictionaryRogue/rōɡ/
noun
- 1. a dishonest or unprincipled man: "you are a rogue and an embezzler"
- 2. an elephant or other large wild animal driven away or living apart from the herd and having savage or destructive tendencies: "a rogue elephant"
verb
- 1. remove inferior or defective plants or seedlings from (a crop): "the sowing has to be rogued to remove aberrant seedlings"
The meaning of ROGUE is resembling or suggesting a rogue elephant especially in being isolated, aberrant, dangerous, or uncontrollable. How to use rogue in a sentence.
ROGUE definition: 1. behaving in ways that are not expected or not normal, often in a way that causes damage: 2. A…. Learn more.
Rogue definition: no longer obedient, belonging, or accepted and hence not controllable or answerable; renegade. See examples of ROGUE used in a sentence.
ROGUE meaning: 1. behaving in ways that are not expected or not normal, often in a way that causes damage: 2. A…. Learn more.
1. An unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person; a scoundrel or rascal. 2. One who is playfully mischievous; a scamp. 3. A wandering beggar; a vagrant. 4. A vicious and solitary animal, especially an elephant that has separated itself from its herd. 5. An organism, especially a plant, that shows an undesirable variation from a standard. adj.
A rogue is a sneaky person who has tricks up his sleeve, not like a magician, but like someone who would steal your wallet or cheat at cards. Dishonesty won’t get you far in life, unless you are a rogue who survives by lying and exploiting others.
There are 12 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word rogue, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Rogue definition: An unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person; a scoundrel or rascal.
rogue in British English. (rəʊɡ ) noun. 1. a dishonest or unprincipled person; rascal; scoundrel. 2. often humorous. a mischievous or wayward person, often a child; scamp. 3. a crop plant which is inferior, diseased, or of a different, unwanted variety.
not behaving in the way that is expected or wanted: a rogue state. rogue cells. (Definition of rogue from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
