Rolls-Royce

British

/ ˌrəʊlzˈrɔɪs /

noun

Also called (informal): Rolls. a make of very high-quality, luxurious, and prestigious British car. The Rolls-Royce company is no longer British-owned
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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In March 2023, it was confirmed that Rolls-Royce Submarines would provide all the nuclear reactor plants that will power new attack submarines as part of the tri-lateral agreement between Australia, the UK and US.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Deliveries of engines to civil customers were significantly higher over the year to date, Rolls-Royce said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Blades made by Rolls-Royce are used in aircraft engines including the Trent XWB-84, which powers the Airbus A350-900, and the Trent 1000 XE, for the Boeing 787.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Across its brands -- which apart from the namesake include Mini and Rolls-Royce -- BMW last year delivered a total 2.46 million vehicles.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

Alex’s eyes traveled past Blunt and over to the Rolls-Royce.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

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