Robin Hood

English

Etymology

Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of Robert

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹɒbɪn ˈhʊd/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑbɪn hʊd/

Proper noun

Statue of Robin Hood in Nottingham.

Robin Hood

1. A legendary English outlaw famous for his skill in archery and his vow to defend the poor and the oppressed against established authority.

Derived terms

• Robin Hood tax
• Robin Hood's Bay

Translations

legendary outlaw

• Arabic: رُوبِن هُود m (rubin hūd)
• Armenian: Ռոբին Հուդ (Ṙobin Hud)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅賓漢／罗宾汉 (zh) (Luóbīn Hàn), 罗宾汉 (zh) (Luóbīn Hàn)

• Esperanto: Kapuĉa Robĉjo
• Finnish: Robin Hood
• French: Robin des Bois (fr) m
• Georgian: რობინ ჰუდი (robin hudi)
• German: Robin Hood m
• Greek: Ρομπέν των Δασών (el) (Rompén ton Dasón)
• Hebrew: רובין הוד m
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• Hindi: रॉबिन हूड m (rŏbin hūḍ)
• Italian: Robin Hood m
• Japanese: ロビン・フッド (Robin Fuddo)
• Korean: 로빈 후드 (Robin Hudeu)
• Latvian: Robins Huds m
• Marathi: रॉबिन हूड m (rŏbin hūḍ)
• Persian: رابین‌هود (râbin-hud)
• Portuguese: Robin Hood m
• Russian: Ро́бин Гуд m (Róbin Gud)
• Spanish: Robín de los Bosques m
• Swedish: Robin Hood

Noun

Robin Hood (plural Robin Hoods)

1. A criminal or vigilante with similar social tendencies.
   • 1862, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round (volume 6, page 523)

     There were still nobly-born and accomplished sea-rovers — Robin Hoods of the wave — […]

   • 1954, Howard Greenfield (lyricist), Connie Francis (singer), Neil Sedaka (composer), “Stupid Cupid”

     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.