Robin Hood
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of Robert.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
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- A legendary English outlaw famous for his skill in archery and his vow to defend the poor and the oppressed against established authority.
- A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3227).
- A locality near Drouin, Victoria, Australia.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]legendary outlaw
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Noun
[edit]Robin Hood (plural Robin Hoods)
- A criminal or vigilante with similar social tendencies.
- 1862, Henry T. Spicer, “Black Flags in the Channel”, in Charles Dickens, editor, All the Year Round, volume 6, page 523:
- There were still nobly-born and accomplished sea-rovers — Robin Hoods of the wave — […]
- 1954, “Stupid Cupid”, Howard Greenfield (lyrics), Neil Sedaka (music), performed by Connie Francis:
- Hey now, go play Robin Hood with somebody else's heart.
- 2002, Peter Drahos, John Braithwaite, Information Feudalism: Who Owns the Knowledge Economy?:
- Of course the story is more interesting and complex than that; there are Robin Hoods of infofeudalism – the Free Software Movement and many groups like Napster.
Further reading
[edit]- “Robin Hood”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Robin Hood”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Robin Hood”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “Robin Hood”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Robin Hood”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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