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Roberts   /rˈɑbərts/   Listen
Roberts

noun
1.
United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943).  Synonyms: Richard J. Roberts, Richard John Roberts.
2.
United States evangelist (born 1918).  Synonym: Oral Roberts.
3.
United States writer remembered for his historical novels about colonial America (1885-1957).  Synonym: Kenneth Roberts.
4.
A Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722).  Synonym: Bartholomew Roberts.



Robert

noun
1.
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923).  Synonyms: Henry M. Robert, Henry Martyn Robert.



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"Roberts" Quotes from Famous Books



... of these letters are taken from Roberts Vaux's "Memoirs of the Life of Anthony Benezet," ...
— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 • Various

... the Bold: A Tale of the Conquest of Mexico. At Grips with the Turk: A Story of the Dardanelles Campaign. The Great Airship. A Sturdy Young Canadian. A Boy of the Dominion: A Tale of Canadian Immigration. Under the Chinese Dragon: A Tale of Mongolia. With Roberts to Candahar: Third Afghan War. A Hero of Lucknow: A Tale of the Indian Mutiny. Under French's Command: A Story of the Western Front from Neuve Chapelle to Loos. With French at the Front: A Story of the Great European War down ...
— With Joffre at Verdun - A Story of the Western Front • F. S. Brereton

... Says Professor Roberts in the "Farmstead" (Macmillan), "Mushrooms sell at fifty cents per pound; maize for one half cent per pound. Why? Because anybody, even a squaw, can raise maize, but only a specially skilled gardener can ...
— Three Acres and Liberty • Bolton Hall

... Blynken, and Nod Eugene Field The Sugar-Plum Tree Eugene Field When the Sleepy Man Comes Charles G. D. Roberts Auld Daddy Darkness James Ferguson Willie Winkle William Miller The Sandman Margaret Thomson Janvier The Dustman Frederick Edward Weatherly Sephestia's Lullaby Robert Greene "Golden Slumbers Kiss Your Eyes" Thomas Dekker "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" George Wither Mother's Song Unknown A Lullaby ...
— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 2 (of 4) • Various

... which seemed expressly designed by nature to receive and carefully guard a telegraphic cable. Mr. Field lost no time in organizing a company composed originally of himself, his brother the Honorable David Dudley Field, Peter Cooper, Moses Taylor, Marshall O. Roberts, and Chandler White. After a liberal charter had been secured from the legislature of Newfoundland the following names were added to the list of incorporators: S.F.B. Morse, Robert W. Lowber, Wilson G. Hunt, and John W. Brett. Mr. Field then ...
— Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals - In Two Volumes, Volume II • Samuel F. B. Morse


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