Rolls-Royce

/ ˌrəʊlzˈrɔɪs /

noun

1. Also called (informal): Rolls. a make of very high-quality, luxurious, and prestigious British car. The Rolls-Royce company is no longer British-owned

2. anything considered to be the very best of its kind

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rolls-Royce¹

named after its designers, Charles Stewart Rolls (1877–1910), English pioneer motorist and aviator, and Sir (Frederick) Henry Royce (1863–1933), English engineer, who founded the Rolls-Royce Company (1906)

Example Sentences

In the opening shots of Fuerza Regida’s music video for “Mi Vecindario,” clips of the downtown San Bernardino nightlife play between shots of the group’s frontman, Jesús Ortiz Paz, or JOP, riding around in a Rolls-Royce.

From Los Angeles Times

Rolls-Royce chief executive Tufan Erginbilgic told the BBC it has the "potential" to become the UK's highest-valued company by overtaking the largest firms on the London Stock Exchange thanks to its SMR deals.

From BBC

Mr Erginbilgic has overseen a ten-fold increase in Rolls-Royce's share price since taking over in January 2023.

From BBC

Rolls-Royce already supplies the reactors that power dozens of nuclear submarines.

From BBC

Rolls-Royce sees SMRs as key to its future, but its biggest business is aircraft engines.

From BBC