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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
rogue
    n 1: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel [syn: rogue,
         knave, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag,
         varlet]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rogue \Rogue\, n. [F. rogue proud, haughty, supercilious; cf.
   Icel. hr?kr a rook, croaker (cf. Rook a bird), or Armor.
   rok, rog, proud, arogant.]
   1. (Eng.Law) A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a
      tramp.
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   Note: The phrase rogues and vagabonds is applied to a large
         class of wandering, disorderly, or dissolute persons.
         They were formerly punished by being whipped and having
         the gristle of the right ear bored with a hot iron.
         [1913 Webster]

   2. A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat.
      [1913 Webster]

            The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise. --Pope.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. One who is pleasantly mischievous or frolicsome; hence,
      often used as a term of endearment.
      [1913 Webster]

            Ah, you sweet little rogue, you!      --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about
      alone, in which state it is very savage.
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   5. (Hort.) A worthless plant occuring among seedlings of some
      choice variety.
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   Rogues' gallery, a collection of portraits of rogues or
      criminals, for the use of the police authorities.

   Rogue's march, derisive music performed in driving away a
      person under popular indignation or official sentence, as
      when a soldier is drummed out of a regiment.

   Rogue's yarn, yarn of a different twist and color from the
      rest, inserted into the cordage of the British navy, to
      identify it if stolen, or for the purpose of tracing the
      maker in case of defect. Different makers are required to
      use yarns of different colors.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rogue \Rogue\, v. i.
   To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.
   [Obs.] --Spenser.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rogue \Rogue\, v. t.
   1. To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.
      [Obs.] --Cudworth.
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   2. (Hort.) To destroy (plants that do not come up to a
      required standard).
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5. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)
rogue


    1. [Unix] n. A Dungeons-and-Dragons-like game using character graphics,
    written under BSD Unix and subsequently ported to other Unix systems. The
    original BSD curses(3) screen-handling package was hacked together by Ken
    Arnold primarily to support games, and the development of rogue(6)
    popularized its use; it has since become one of Unix's most important and
    heavily used application libraries. Nethack, Omega, Larn, Angband, and an
    entire subgenre of computer dungeon games (all known as ?roguelikes?) all
    took off from the inspiration provided by rogue(6); the popular Windows
    game Diablo, though graphics-intensive, has very similar play logic. See
    also nethack, moria, Angband.

    2. [Usenet] adj. An ISP which permits net abuse (usually in the form of 
    spamming) by its customers, or which itself engages in such activities.
    Rogue ISPs are sometimes subject to IDPs or UDPs. Sometimes
    deliberately misspelled as ?rouge?.


6. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
rogue

    [Unix] A Dungeons-and-Dragons-like game using
   character graphics, written under BSD Unix and subsequently
   ported to other Unix systems.  The original BSD "curses(3)"
   screen-handling package was hacked together by Ken Arnold to
   support "rogue(6)" and has since become one of Unix's most
   important and heavily used application libraries.  Nethack,
   Omega, Larn, and an entire subgenre of computer dungeon games
   all took off from the inspiration provided by "rogue(6)".  See
   also nethack.

   [Jargon File]


7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
ROGUE. A French word, which in that language signifies proud, arrogant. In 
some of the ancient English statutes it means an idle, sturdy beggar, which 
is its meaning in law. Rogues are usually punished as vagrants. Although the 
word rogue is a word of reproach, yet to charge one as a rogue is not 
actionable.  5 Binn. 219. See 2 Dev. 162 Hardin, 529. 



Thesaurus Results for Rogue:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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