Roy

¹ American  

[roh-ee] / ˈroʊ i /

noun

1. Rammohun 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.

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Roy ² American  

[roi] / rɔɪ /

noun

1. a town in N Utah.

2. Rollo.

3. a male given name: from a Scottish Gaelic word meaning “red.”

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Roy British  

/ rɔɪ /

noun

1. slang a trendy Australian male

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Example Sentences

Rob Roy, president and general counsel of the Ventura County Agricultural Assn., said he has not heard of employers in his region making immigration-related threats.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Philippine Navy spokesman Rear Adm Roy Vincent Trinidad said Filipino troops had seized 10 bottles of cyanide from sampan boats allegedly launched from Chinese fishing vessels in February, July and October last year.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Walt and Roy Disney, who, like the Kroffts, split the work of having big ideas and making them possible.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the "moustachioed queens of jatra" were pushed out, writes Roy.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

She broke off, because Roy Baty had appeared, abruptly throwing the door of the apartment open and entering; a trail of wire rustled after him.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick