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R — Room to Ruffian (Part 9 of 12)

Route, n. Way, path, passage, course, road.

Routine, n. Practice, custom, round, ordinary way, wont, course, order.

Rove, v. n. Roam, ramble, stroll, range, wander, stray, straggle.

Rover, n.

    1. Rambler, wanderer, straggler, bird of passage.
    2. Robber, pirate, freebooter.
    3. Fickle person, inconstant person.

Row, n. Rank, line, file.

Row, n. (Colloq.) Broil, tumult, uproar, riot, commotion, squabble, outbreak, quarrel, affray, disturbance, altercation, brawl.

Rowan-tree, n. European mountain-ash, fowler’s service-tree, roan-tree, roun-tree, royne-tree.

Rowdy, n. (Colloq.) Rough, bully, ruffian, coarse fellow.

Rowdy, a. (Colloq.)

    1. Disreputable, blackguard, rough.
    2. Flashy, coarsely showy.

Rowel, n. Goad, spur.

Rowen, n. Aftermath, eddish, lattermath, rowett.

Royal, a.

    1. Kingly, regal, imperial.
    2. Magnificent, kingly, princely, august, majestic, kinglike, grand, splendid, superb.
    3. Noble, generous, dignified, magnanimous.
    4. Imperial, monarchical, regal.

Royalty, n.

    1. Kingship, sovereignty.