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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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From The Wall Street Journal

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