Rolls-Royce

British  

/ 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

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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)

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Rolls-Royce

In another message, Jogesh sent an image of a Rolls-Royce to Morris and said: "But if I want one of these then we need to keep going."

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

These companies supply aircraft manufacturers such as Boeing and Airbus, aircraft-engine makers including GE Aerospace, Rolls-Royce and RTX’s Pratt & Whitney and the power-turbine manufacturers GE Vernova, Siemens, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Caterpillar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Obrokta, 54, drives a Rolls-Royce and lives in an 10,500-square-foot lakefront mansion in the Orlando suburb of Windermere, but he spent most of his life on the bottom rungs of the economic ladder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

In May, Air Force officials announced Boeing was looking to modify the aircraft and replace its 1960s-era engines with F130 Rolls-Royce engines, and begin testing it at Edwards Air Force Base.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

“You know what we’d better do next Saturday?” he began in one of his voices, the low-pitched and evenly melodic one which for some reason always reminded me of a Rolls-Royce moving along a highway.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles