Roy1
[roh-ee]
- Ram·mo·hun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/, 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
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Roy2
[roi]
- a town in N Utah.
- Rollo(def 1).
- a male given name: from a Scottish Gaelic word meaning “red.”
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Examples from the Web for roy
Contemporary Examples
“Voters knew about this and seemed not to care,” said Roy Moskowitz, a leading Democratic consultant on Staten Island.
We will not be able to win it back any more easily or swiftly that Roy Hobbs.
They were finally accepted by a Labour Home Secretary, Roy Jenkins, in 1967.
Roy was a link to many big names in conservative media, counting Andrew Breitbart and Matt Drudge among his fans.
Ron Severaid told The Daily Beast that Roy Masters was not currently involved in TRN operations.
Historical Examples
He met me aside, and privately bade me go to Roy's (where Charlotte was).
The CavalierGeorge Washington Cable
This person Kendall and I had the luck to meet at the Roy's breakfast-table.
The CavalierGeorge Washington Cable
Mrs. Roy's daughter had with her a new romance, which she had been reading to Charlotte.
The CavalierGeorge Washington Cable
But Roy does not care much for porcupines, anyway, and he never did.
A Boy I Knew and Four DogsLaurence Hutton
It is hard to know what to do with Roy: how to treat him; how to bring him up.
A Boy I Knew and Four DogsLaurence Hutton
Roy
- Australian slang a trendy Australian male
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