Roger

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English

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Etymology

From Old French Rogier, from the Frankish equivalent of Old English Hrōþgār (see Hroðgar), from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþigaizaz (“fame-spear”). Compare also Rutger.

Pronunciation

Noun

Roger

  1. (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter R.
    Synonym: Romeo

Proper noun

Roger (plural Rogers)

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
    • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies.  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
      By her I claim the kingdom: she was heir / To Roger, Earl of March, who was the son / Of Edmund Mortimer.
    • 1985, Ruth Rendell, The New Girlfriend: The Fen Hall, pages 124, 127:
      Pringle didn't say anything about Roger always being called Hodge. He sensed that Mr. Liddon wouldn't call him Hodge any more than he would call him Pringle. He was right. "Parents well, are they, Peregrine?" - - -
      Hodge capered about, his thumbs in his ears and his hand flapping. "Tweet, tweet, mad bird. His master chains him up like a dog. Tweet, tweet, birdie!" "I'd rather be a hunting falcon than Roger the lodger the sod," said Pringle.
  2. (rare compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. (dialectal, obsolete) The Devil; Satan.
  4. Jolly Roger (pirate flag)
    • 1906, Bret Harte, Overland Monthly and the Out West Magazine, page 410:
      The escaped convicts who had captured the Arrow even ran up the “Roger,” the black flag with the white skull […]

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Proper noun

Roger m

  1. Roger

French

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Roger m

  1. a male given name, from Old French Rogier (itself from Old Frankish), which was borrowed into English as Roger
  2. a surname originating as a patronymic

Norwegian

Etymology

From English Roger and French Roger in the 19th century. Equated with Norwegian Roar.

Proper noun

Roger

  1. a male given name

References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 093 males with the given name Roger living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

Swedish

Etymology

From English and French Roger. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1789.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Roger c (genitive Rogers)

  1. a male given name

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 38 843 males with the given name Roger living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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