Rolls-Royce
Britishnoun
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Also called (informal): Rolls. a make of very high-quality, luxurious, and prestigious British car. The Rolls-Royce company is no longer British-owned
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anything considered to be the very best of its kind
Etymology
Origin of Rolls-Royce
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
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A Rolls Royce owned by Barrie Drewitt-Barlow was loaded on to the back of a trailer and taken away for examination on Wednesday.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
From the Rolls Royce Piña Colada to the S&P 500, four pricey drinks take cocktail craft to the next level.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Like the Rolls Royce cocktail, the S&P 500 at Shinji’s in Manhattan emphasizes aesthetics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
A Saudi-registered Rolls Royce worth almost £250,000 was removed from London's Grosvenor Square as part of what the local council said was a crackdown on illegal parking.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
He rode with Scythe Volta in an off-grid Rolls Royce perfectly maintained since the Age of Mortality, the scythe’s yellow robe in stark contrast to the dark earth tones of the vehicle’s interior.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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