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roy

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See also:Roy

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishroy,roye, borrowed fromOld Frenchroi(“king”).Doublet ofrajah,Rex,rex, andrich.

Noun

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roy (pluralroys)

(archaic, formal) Aking.

Related terms

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viceroy

Adjective

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roy

(archaic)Royal.
- 1614–1615,Homer, “The Fifth Book of Homer’s Odysseys”, inGeo[rge] Chapman, transl.,Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [andWilliam Jaggard], forNathaniell Butter, published1615,→OCLC; republished inThe Odysseys of Homer, […], volume I, London:John Russell Smith, […],1857,→OCLC,page114, lines140–144:
  For in the tenth year, whenroy victory / Was won to give the Greeks the spoil of Troy, / Return they did profess, but not enjoy, / Since Pallas they incens'd, and she the waves / By all the winds' power, that blew ope their graves.
  The spelling has been modernized.

References

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“roy”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.

Anagrams

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RYO,ryo,ryō,yor,-ory

French

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Pronunciation

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Audio(France (Agen)): (file)

Noun

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roy m (pluralroys)

(pre-1800)obsolete spelling ofroi

Middle French

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Etymology

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FromOld Frenchroi, from earlierrei, fromLatinrēgem.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈrwɛ/

Noun

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roy m (pluralroys)

king(male ruler)

Descendants

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French:roi,roy(obsolete, pre-1800),roé(Quebec, eye dialect)
- Antillean Creole:wa
- Guianese Creole:rwè
- Haitian Creole:wa
  - (perhaps)⇒ Haitian Creole:lwa
    - → English:loa
- Karipúna Creole French:hué
- Louisiana Creole:rwa
- Seychellois Creole:lerwa