Rob Roy

[ rob roi ]

noun

1. a manhattan made with Scotch whisky.

Rob Roy

/ ˈrɒb ˈrɔɪ /

noun

1. Rob Roy16711734MScottishCRIME AND POLICING: outlaw real name Robert Macgregor . 1671–1734, Scottish outlaw

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rob Roy¹

First recorded in 1865–70; after Rob Roy, nickname of Robert Macgregor (1671–1734), Scottish freebooter

Example Sentences

Coincidentally, Rob Roy (then of Stornoway Productions), and I were doing a TV documentary about the war in Eritrea.

From The Daily Beast

They are beautiful sea boats, and beat the Rob Roy hollow for any purposes where room for baggage is required.

From Project Gutenberg

What book of fiction of the present century can you read twice, with the exception of ‘Waverley’ and ‘Rob Roy?’

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The Wagogo 'Rob Roy' is on his native ground, and has a decided advantage over the white foreigner.

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There are only two portraits, an original of the beautiful and melancholy head of Claverhouse, and a small full length of Rob Roy.

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And "Rob Roy" brought all this and ever so much more to my mind.

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