Rob Roy
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Rob Roy
First recorded in 1865–70; after Rob Roy, nickname of Robert Macgregor (1671–1734), Scottish freebooter
Example Sentences
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Rob Roy, president of the Ventura County Agricultural Association, said he has been warning growers since November that this time would come and providing training on their legal rights.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025
One of Ramsay's cooks, Rob Roy Cameron, put in a "brilliant" shift, she said.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2022
Anu Apte and Chris Elford, of Rob Roy and Navy Strength, are behind this sports bar.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2021
The menu has seven variations on the martini, along with the Rob Roy, the Jack Rose and a dozen other drinks older than Joe Biden.
From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2021
In the following winter Rob Roy was published, and there I read that the Cathedral of Glasgow was 'a respectable Gothic structure, without any curly-wurlies.'
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
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