Synonyms for rogue

Grammar : Noun

Spell : rohg

Phonetic Transcription : roʊg

Top 10 synonyms for rogue

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Définition of rogue

Origin : 1560s, "idle vagrant," perhaps a shortened form of roger (with a hard -g-), thieves' slang for a begging vagabond who pretends to be a poor scholar from Oxford or Cambridge, which is perhaps an agent noun in English from Latin rogare "to ask." Another theory [Klein] traces it to Celtic (cf. Breton rog "haughty"); OED says, "There is no evidence of connexion with F. rogue 'arrogant.' "
In playful or affectionate use, "one who is mischievous," 1590s. Meaning "large wild beast living apart from the herd" is from 1859, originally of elephants. Meaning "something uncontrolled or undisciplined" is from 1964. Also common in 17c. as a verb. Rogue's gallery "police collection of mug shots" is attested from 1859.

noun person who deceives, swindles

Example sentences :

There never was a rogue, who had not a salvo to himself for being so.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

We were much provoked at the insult of playing the Rogue's March.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

And all that's in it for me is this—the schoolmaster was a rogue that did not give me that verse in for my money.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Where has your conscience been these two months back, you villain and rogue?
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

There was not a rogue or a rascal inside its whole precincts.
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

Boisseuil replied that he should give him no satisfaction, and that he was a rogue.
Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon

The rogue was still digesting the Coupeaus when he already began to devour the Poissons.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

He is seduced into the life of pleasure, and becomes a lawless person and a rogue.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

I am a rogue, if I were not at half-sword with a dozen of them two hours together.
Extract from : « The Universal Reciter » by Various

Be off, you rogue, or I'll raise the village and make short work of you.
Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

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